good shooting, bad CCW

[a1c]

prosecutorial discretion works everywhere. If the shooter were a beaten girlfriend and the idiot with a bullet hole were a mean boyfriend would charges be filed? As I said, and Gray said even more eloquently, this is one of those places where a criminal suit may well be worth the risk.

Prosecutorial discretion works everywhere, but it's different everywhere. It depends on the office - some give complete discretion to their DDAs/ADAs, others require them to check with their boss for just about everything.

As for the scenario you're bringing up - hey, maybe indeed things would have been different in that case. Who knows? I don't. You don't either. This is all speculation.

As I said, I suspect the DA's office is just sending a message that they don't want people to illegally CCW.

Do I think it sucks that the guy is still getting charged with this? Sure. But considering he could have faced a felony and jail time, he did good.

[bodger]

Prosecutorial discretion works everywhere, but it's different everywhere. It depends on the office - some give complete discretion to their DDAs/ADAs, others require them to check with their boss for just about everything.

As for the scenario you're bringing up - hey, maybe indeed things would have been different in that case. Who knows? I don't. You don't either. This is all speculation.

As I said, I suspect the DA's office is just sending a message that they don't want people to illegally CCW.

Do I think it sucks that the guy is still getting charged with this? Sure. But considering he could have faced a felony and jail time, he did good.

Yep, it's too bad that he has to face charges at all, but it could be a lot worse.

And he also didn't get stomped by the bad guy. This could just as well have been a story about the shooter being murdered or maimed if not for that firearm he had.

[Quser.619]

I can see the head-lines for the Sac DA, 65 year-old gets jailed for defending himself