Banned shotguns in Cook Co.
03-02-2007, 01:58 PM
#21
Dominant Buck
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: WC FL
Posts: 26,323
RE: Banned shotguns in Cook Co.
ORIGINAL: SuperRedHawk
To me, there lies the biggest problem! If you kill an intruder, who can blame you right? Wrong, they will be more than happy to charge you with illegal usage/posession of a firearm.
It happened in Winnetka a few years ago. A man broke into a house and took everything. A few months later, he returned and the homeowner was home.The homeownershot him and he was charged!
Now, because of the way this new lawcan be interpreted,we will have the same thing happening with most shotguns and rifles.
ORIGINAL: fastetti
Plus, if someone breaks into my house, Im not going try to fend them off with a kitchen knife when all these thugs already have pistols.
Plus, if someone breaks into my house, Im not going try to fend them off with a kitchen knife when all these thugs already have pistols.
To me, there lies the biggest problem! If you kill an intruder, who can blame you right? Wrong, they will be more than happy to charge you with illegal usage/posession of a firearm.
It happened in Winnetka a few years ago. A man broke into a house and took everything. A few months later, he returned and the homeowner was home.The homeownershot him and he was charged!
Now, because of the way this new lawcan be interpreted,we will have the same thing happening with most shotguns and rifles.
In addition, the law does away with an earlier requirement that a person attacked in a public place must retreat if possible. Now, that same person, in the law?s words, ?has no duty to retreat and has the right to stand his or her ground and meet force with force, including deadly force.? The law also forbids the arrest, detention or prosecution of the people covered by the law, and it prohibits civil suits against them.
03-02-2007, 02:20 PM
#22
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: ILLINOIS
Posts: 1,207
RE: Banned shotguns in Cook Co.
It's the same way here Reb. You have the right to kill the intruder. What I'm saying is if you shoot someone with a gun that has been banned or can be considered banned by some vague law, you then can be charged with possession ofthis gun.
He was'nt charged with murder, but he was charged for the gun.
He was'nt charged with murder, but he was charged for the gun.
