you all realize that if he just buried that illegal, he would have gotten away with it, right?
never tell on yourself. never trust the cops to see your side of the story.
here is what I think happened.
A bunch of illegals show up on his land.
None of the illegals are armed. He lied about that.
He pulls out his gun and fires warning shots, aiming slightly above their heads, probably thinking he can get the bullets whizzing close enough to scare them.
He misses and headshots one of them.
He doesn't realize he's hit anyone at first, discovers the body a short time. Isn't sure what to do about it. Delays, lies about how late he found the body.
Stupidly decides to call the cops and report it rather than cover it up. Stupidly thinks that he was within his rights to shoot the illegals (he would have been decades ago when he was younger, but times have changed).
And yes, I think people who live near the border and are faced with illegals ought to have a special right to open fire to defend their property. The illegals are often escorted by organized crime groups who run the coyote operations, and Americans shouldn't have to put themselves in danger by holding fire until it's too late.
Special right? No such thing. Everyone has the right to defend their property with force. The occupying unelected government violating people's rights is business as usual these days though.
Everyone has the right to defend their property with force.
No, you don't get to shoot people for a simple trespass onto your land. That isn't legal anywhere. The laws that allow you to shoot people are all limited to things like someone breaking into an occupied dwelling.
Laws and rights are different things. And if someone is trespassing wilfully, and doesn't leave when prompted, they have forfeited their rights in violating someone else's.
And if someone is trespassing wilfully, and doesn't leave when prompted, they have forfeited their rights in violating someone else's.
Maybe in your mind they have, but not under American law. You're free to argue that a judge ought to apply your personal opinion instead of the law, but I doubt you will be successful.
I think it makes sense that the illegals would have had an armed escort that left. he wouldn't be firing at every illegal that crossed his property or this wouldn't have waited until the dude is 73 to have happened.
kek
you all realize that if he just buried that illegal, he would have gotten away with it, right?
never tell on yourself. never trust the cops to see your side of the story.
here is what I think happened.
A bunch of illegals show up on his land.
None of the illegals are armed. He lied about that.
He pulls out his gun and fires warning shots, aiming slightly above their heads, probably thinking he can get the bullets whizzing close enough to scare them.
He misses and headshots one of them.
He doesn't realize he's hit anyone at first, discovers the body a short time. Isn't sure what to do about it. Delays, lies about how late he found the body.
Stupidly decides to call the cops and report it rather than cover it up. Stupidly thinks that he was within his rights to shoot the illegals (he would have been decades ago when he was younger, but times have changed).
And yes, I think people who live near the border and are faced with illegals ought to have a special right to open fire to defend their property. The illegals are often escorted by organized crime groups who run the coyote operations, and Americans shouldn't have to put themselves in danger by holding fire until it's too late.
Special right? No such thing. Everyone has the right to defend their property with force. The occupying unelected government violating people's rights is business as usual these days though.
No, you don't get to shoot people for a simple trespass onto your land. That isn't legal anywhere. The laws that allow you to shoot people are all limited to things like someone breaking into an occupied dwelling.
Laws and rights are different things. And if someone is trespassing wilfully, and doesn't leave when prompted, they have forfeited their rights in violating someone else's.
Maybe in your mind they have, but not under American law. You're free to argue that a judge ought to apply your personal opinion instead of the law, but I doubt you will be successful.
Aiming slightly above the heads of someone far away enough away that you couldn't even tell you dropped one of them.
Sir have you heard of ballistic trajectories? I think you just improved your chances of hitting them.
Not a bug, a newly deployed feature for all the newly crossed illegals.
as a warning to the others :^)
I think it makes sense that the illegals would have had an armed escort that left. he wouldn't be firing at every illegal that crossed his property or this wouldn't have waited until the dude is 73 to have happened.