Gun Control & RKBA
In reply to the discussion: Can we pease stop advocating murder in the gungeon? [View all]blueridge3210
(1,401 posts)The moron that assaulted Daniels is lucky to be alive; he committed an unprovoked assault on an older victim who was armed. Whether or not Daniels had "gotten the memo" is irrelevant. Dead is still dead regardless of the appropriateness of the level of force used in self-defense. Daniels was justified to act in self defense; it is quite possible he could have justified use of deadly force regardless of the number of bystanders.
By purposefully omitting a key part of my statement "a number of factors" you did, literally take my comment out of context. I never said being elderly justified use of excessive force. If the force is excessive, age has no bearing on the matter.
The issue of the 73 year old volunteer deputy has nothing to do with this issue; he clearly drew the firearm in error. That is an issue of training regarding where to wear the taser in respect to the issue duty weapon; best practices currently say to wear the taser on the reaction side of the body. It also point up the absurdity of having any volunteer, especially one that old, conducting a buy/bust operation. I expect a large settlement and numerous unemployed LEO's by the time the dust settles.