Re: [DMCForum] Re: A time to kill?

[Ryan Wright <ryanpwright@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 7/19/05, Marc Levy <malevy_nj@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I suspect that in a given situation where my life may
> be in danger, the built-in reactions we all have to
> survive will come in to play.  If I had a gun, I may
> shoot it.  But, what if my "attacker" has the toy gun
> he stole from Video Bob?  I was never really in danger
> at all.

Yeah, but you're still justified in killing. If you wave a toy gun
around at a cop, they'll shoot you. If you commit a crime with a toy
gun - for that matter, if you even stick your finger in your jacket
and play like you have a gun - you'll be charged just as if you'd
committed the crime at gunpoint in most states (crimes with guns
usually carry much higher penalties).

> It does not matter, because if that situation were to
> happen, there is not much thought that goes in to the
> reaction.

Exactly. You do what you have to do to survive.

-Ryan

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