judged by 12 or carried by 6 ?

[ja308]

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/07/texas-soldier-shot-armed-blm-antifa-protester-self-defense-austin-last-summer-indicted-murder-charge/

"The Austin Police said during a late night press conference last July that Foster was carrying a rifle and may have approached the vehicle prior to the shooting.

Prior to being fatally shot, Garrett Foster said on camera that the “people who hate us” are “too big of p-ssies to actually do anything about it” when asked why he was carrying a rifle"...
Foster was the BLM guy who forfeited his life by pointing a rifle at an armed expected victim.

While defending yourself against an armed thug seems like a no brainer, the consequences of protecting ones life could possibly end all wealth accumulation and a lifetime of legal bills.

This might be a good time for everyone who might need self defense to consider buying insurance.

Happy Independence Day Friends and remember the founders will enjoy hearing you read the Declaration of Independence .

[Epaphroditus]

The only "insurance" we have are elected representatives with a true love of freedom in their hearts and the same for everyone on the planet.

When We The People elevate to power those who hate freedom We get hell.

Even hard core secular humanists value free will.

The Creator driven by LOVE for the creation bestowed free will upon us to choose between good versus evil.

[Unit74]

I know basically nothing about this case, but from the read, it appears that the bad guy pointed a rifle at a guy, during a riot, who was not part of the riot and he was CCW. Driver pulls his gun with a rifle in his face and shoots and kills the bad guy with the rifle. An Austin, TX grand jury seems to believe this is murder and that having a rifle pointed at you is not justification for defending your own life.

Am I digesting that correctly?

[ja308]

I know basically nothing about this case, but from the read, it appears that the bad guy pointed a rifle at a guy, during a riot, who was not part of the riot and he was CCW. Driver pulls his gun with a rifle in his face and shoots and kills the bad guy with the rifle. An Austin, TX grand jury seems to believe this is murder and that having a rifle pointed at you is not justification for defending your own life.

Am I digesting that correctly?

Thats what I got from the story and am reminded that Kyle Rittenhouse who on tape killed an armed man, in a clear case of self defense, is also charged with murder.

The message being sent by democrat prosecutors, is that one should not be armed, even to protect yourself, family or anyone else.

As an aside, there does appear to be people exempt, even in Free State Georgia.

[ja308]

I know basically nothing about this case, but from the read, it appears that the bad guy pointed a rifle at a guy, during a riot, who was not part of the riot and he was CCW. Driver pulls his gun with a rifle in his face and shoots and kills the bad guy with the rifle. An Austin, TX grand jury seems to believe this is murder and that having a rifle pointed at you is not justification for defending your own life.

Am I digesting that correctly?

Thats what I got from the story and am reminded that Kyle Rittenhouse who on tape killed an armed man, in a clear case of self defense, is also charged with murder.

The message being sent by democrat prosecutors, is that one should not be armed, even to protect yourself, family or anyone else.

As an aside, there does appear to be people exempt, even in Free State Georgia.

https://www.theblaze.com/news/daytona-beach-police-shooting-othal-wallace?utm_source=revcontent

Wallace was reportedly located on a 3-acre property outside of Atlanta that is affiliated with a group called the Not F***ng Around Coalition. The NFAC is a black nationalist paramilitary organization.

The NFAC, which is led by hip-hop DJ Grand Master Jay, has a goal of forming a new ethnostate that is "owned, operated by Blacks, funded through reparations to descendants of the trans-Atlantic slave trade," according to Vice. A report on the NFAC from The Atlantic states, "Eventually, it intends to establish a racially pure country called the United Black Kemetic Nation ('Kemet,' Jay explained, 'is the original name of Egypt, which means 'land of the Blacks)."

[SharedShots]

You can do everything right and still have a bad outcome.

You can wait for the green "walk" signal and still get run over by the bus.

Its called life, some people want guarantees while others acknowledge risk and understand there is no such thing as perfection, even if you carry a Glock.

[rplaw]

I know basically nothing about this case, but from the read, it appears that the bad guy pointed a rifle at a guy, during a riot, who was not part of the riot and he was CCW. Driver pulls his gun with a rifle in his face and shoots and kills the bad guy with the rifle. An Austin, TX grand jury seems to believe this is murder and that having a rifle pointed at you is not justification for defending your own life.

Am I digesting that correctly?

Yes.

However, the grand jury is often only given the information and evidence that the DA wants to give them. It doesn't have to include any exculpatory evidence such as "there was a guy with a rifle threatening to murder him at the time he had to defend himself."

This is because for some reason, some lawyers (and people) believe that a complete legal defense (such as self defense or a statutory defense) isn't part of the statute and is the burden of the defense only to prove. Therefore, they don't have to mention it when charging someone.

The argument goes something like this:

• The statute only states the elements of the offense.
  
• True, but a complete defense nullifies at least 1 of the elements and whenever there's a complete defense available that's obvious and supported by evidence charging someone under that statute is a waste of time and resources of both the parties and the courts.
  
• But the statute only states the elements of the offense!!!!!!!!!! It's not my job to do the defense's work for them!!!!!!!
  
• Again, true but doesn't that seem sort of self serving to charge someone knowing that they're going to go free in the end? Since when is that "justice"?
  
• But the statute only states the elements of the offense!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Common sense, isn't.

The fix is to include a small code section in the beginning of the Penal Code which states something like: "It shall be unlawful for anyone, or any subordinate under their control, to bring charges for any offense under this code against any individual or group of individuals when there is a viable complete defense which is supported by evidence. Such unlawful conduct in bringing charges under this section when there is a complete viable defense shall be a civil injury per se for which the State and the offender are both equally and / or severably liable in whole or part."

[tanks]

...An Austin, TX grand jury seems to believe this is murder and that having a rifle pointed at you is not justification for defending your own life....

Austin is the San Francisco of Texas, they even have the same homeless and lawlessness problems due to their ultra-liberal policies. Not surprising.

[OCEquestrian]

Austin is the San Francisco of Texas, they even have the same homeless and lawlessness problems due to their ultra-liberal policies. Not surprising.

^^^^THIS! Austin has a newly elected woke DA; Garza has been called an “ideologue” and a “Democratic socialist.” Austin is a HUGE college town and the effects of the filth K-12 public school teachers and their marxist unions are the root cause of this election result.

[benjamin101677]

[ja308]

Good advice for sure. That said I believe the USCCA will pay the amount of policy to the lawyer of your choice.

Some things not covered are police hitting your house by mistake, error or any type of military action, or act of war.

All in all it seems like a good policy for an unlikely but possible event.

[rplaw]

Price has zero connection to quality. Nor does talent require an expensive education or prestigious law firm employment.

The story/movie Erin Brokovich is a good example. So is Johnathan Harr's "A Civil Action", which is a story similar to Brokovich, set in Mass. against WR Grace Co. for illegal dumping.

[Dr. Peter Venkman]

Gotta love the bizarro world liberals want to live in.

[ja308]

Price has zero connection to quality. Nor does talent require an expensive education or prestigious law firm employment.

The story/movie Erin Brokovich is a good example. So is Johnathan Harr's "A Civil Action", which is a story similar to Brokovich, set in Mass. against WR Grace Co. for illegal dumping.

Very true and if I read correctly , the writer presumed one would get a lawyer assigned to him or her from the insurance company.

That said a person should make sure the insured gets his lawyer paid for within policy limits.
An assigned lawyer could be compared to an assigned MD. i.e. democrat health care.

[WWDHD?]

As long as Sorros and Bloomberg and the like are bankrolling the elections of uber-lib DA's and judges- we'll continue to have cases like the one in the OP.