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...burglary is repayable by death, and has led to several questionable homicides that cannot be construed as self-defense. In 2006 a 72-year-old client threatened a 23-year-old prostitute with a gun. She grabbed the gun from him, and did not flee, but instead chose to shoot the man. Although clearly under stress, why did the young woman need to kill an old man who was obviously no longer a threat? Even worse is the story of a man shooting a neighbor who banged on the door loudly during a dispute over garbage and, apparently, attempted...
...want to able to break the press and still feel good about the sets we run,” Delaney-Smith said. “So if we are not getting into our sets, which we weren’t...we were trying to shoot quickly and it wasn’t always the right decision. Sometimes it was the quick decision that was the wrong decision...
...crime. Those who experience felony often feel threatened—whether during a burglary or a street robbery—but it’s unacceptable for citizens to immediately react with violence. Such mentality leads to a Wild West attitude, when the general public has more freedom to shoot and kill than the trained police...
Self-defense should always be legitimate when homeowners have direct reason to believe that their life or safety is in danger, and express attacks from burglars ensure that self-protection is certainly permissible. Meanwhile, to shoot a man who steps foot in your garage is a crime, according to the age-old mantra that two wrongs don’t make a right, and should be dealt with accordingly. But in the spectrum between the two extremes, policy is less certain. Certain acts of violence from homeowners (such as to chase a burglar down the street) seem unnecessary, but under...
...specially outfitted 747 used an onboard laser beam last week to shoot down a missile for the first time. It was, perhaps just as significantly, a flying military-industrial complex all by itself. Boeing (the nation's third-biggest defense contractor) built the plane that carried the laser (built by Northrop Grumman, the nation's second biggest defense contractor) that was aimed by Lockheed Martin (the nation's biggest defense contractor). It took the three companies 14 years (eight more than expected) and $4 billion ($3 billion more than anticipated) to finally shoot down the fake enemy missile over...