Machiavellian said:
Yep, Kyle is not guilty and lets see how this develop. I know myself. If anything jumps off, I am pulling my gun and shooting first and ask questions later and I will be looking at this case as a reference. Doesn't matter if I put myself into harms way, its who ever shoots first is the winner. If I point my gun at you and I believe you are about to pull your gun, well I am going to shoot first. If I want to shoot someone, I just walk up to them make sure to get them to do something to me first and then shoot them fearing for my life in self defense. Dead men tell no tells as the saying goes. |
I would like to develop this further.
You suggest that someone putting themselves "into harms way" has no right to self-defense (or, to infer, no right to claim self-defense). To you, what constitutes as putting yourself into harms way? Is it any situation where someone knowingly understands that they could be a potential victim of some type of violence? If this is the case, then there are several situations you may want to think about. First, if a store owner or home owner attempts to protect their home from some violent criminal act, such as robbing or arson, and, by doing so, end up killing the other person, do you think that they are not allowed to claim self-defense? Second, if a woman is to walk into a high-crime area with a revealing outfit alone at night are they putting themselves into harms way? If so, are they not allowed to claim self-defense if they shoot a man attempting violence against them?