Excuse me, can you tell me the make and model of the gun you are holding me up with?
| Arizona | 7 Comments
You can only defend yourself with the same weapon that the robber is using to rob you.
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Wow, so much misinformation. Misplaced is the closest. There used to be a law that said you could only use equal force, but that was true for most of the states in the country. About a decade ago, the state legislature was overtaken by liberal anti-gun politicians. They passed a law that said you could only fight back against an intruder if you were able to disarm them and turn their own weapon against them (i.e. thought to be impossible for most people). The law stood for about 3-4 years, but was repealed around ’04-05. The current situation is if you feel your life is in danger, you can use any means necessary as long as the person doesn’t flee.
The law this is quoting from is one that is commonly called Equal Force Protection. Long story shot, if some one tries to cut you with a knife and you shoot that person, you used GREATER FORCE, and that is where you get in trouble. HOWEVER, if you use lesser force to stop some one, you are in the clear…I feel bad for you Jade Kitty, because you got conned…if the person was robbing you at gun point in AZ, and you stabbed the person, then you were in the right because the robber was using a greater degree of force than you were, so he “should” have been able to succeed in the robbery. HOWEVER, there are other circumstances, such as where the robbery took place (on the street or at your home, for example) and the other element of the crime was if you felt like you were in danger for your life….personally, if some one has a gun pointed at me, I am mortally afraid for my life and well within my legal rights to act in self preservation, doing what ever is necessary to survive…that is the legal element of this….long story short Jade Kitty, you got screwed by the judge who didn’t really know the law after all…
Unfortunately this idiotic law is all too real. It was enacted some fifty years ago. In practice I agree with the first comment; I’ll shoot the bastard and sort it out later.
I’m curious on this one, I’ve seen it listed on these “dumb laws” sites, but noone references the ARS code that that describes the full extent of this law. I know for a fact that this is not the case in defending your property – you just cant shoot them in the back.
well all i have to say is it is true cause i got robbed at gun point and i stabbed the guy and i was arrested for assualt when he had the gun pointed at me the judge told me that if i had shot the guy it would have been self defense so i asked ok if i shot him with a hand gun i would be walking out of here judge says yep
Now tell me how stupid is that i have to have a gun and a knife on me at all times just to protect my self fuck that i am going to defend my self how ever i can if it means that i beat them with my fists then so be it i worked hard for my stuff and i am going to keep it
So, basically the law says you got to keep a huge arsenal of weapons with you at all the times if you want to defend yourself? Lol
(Better be robbing people with real exotic weapons then.)
ha hahahahahaha if i was being robed i wouldn’t even attempt to follow that law!