Sound legal advice

[baldeagle]

Based on experience, written by a lawyer who specializes in self-defense cases.

[Thomas]

Sounds spot on to what I've heard and what I understand. Thank you for posting. I am passing this article along.

[hangfour]

Thanks for posting this ... It is always good for me to review this advice from time to time.

[b322da]

Very sound advice. I will stick my neck out and offer just a little bit of further free legal advice about something which has bothered me ever since I joined this forum. I am once again reminded of this where Jamison, in this article, raises the critical point about your jeopardizing your case yourself through the unnecessary use of words subject to being used out of context, if not just plainly misquoted.

The example which vividly reminded me of my concern was where Jamison's article related the 911 operator asking the caller why he thought he had shot someone, to have him respond, “Lady, I think I’m a pretty good shot.” Of course the prosecutor would play this recorded wisecrack over and over to a jury, as long as the judge permitted him to do it, to vividly demonstrate the shooter's casual and humorous attitude toward taking a human life.

I see evidence of a similar attitude here on this forum just by the choice of user-name used by some members of this forum -- aggressive and macho, expressing, sometimes, at least to a less-than-knowledgeable juror, his unbridled willingness to use his firearm against another person. I do not say he really means this -- how it is interpreted by a juror is what counts. I suspect that the truth is that the member is just going out of his way to tell other members what a tough-guy he is.

I will mention no names. You who qualify will know it. But I do think our members should be aware of the risk they may be voluntarily and unnecessarily taking when they choose a user-name. This point also comes into play with respect to what is sometimes wrongly thought about the general attitude of those on our side of the gun-debate. I have raised the latter point before here, only to be slapped down rather vigorously.

Elmo

[cheezit]

I see evidence of a similar attitude here on this forum just by the choice of user-name used by some members of this forum -- aggressive and macho, expressing, sometimes, at least to a less-than-knowledgeable juror, his unbridled willingness to use his firearm against another person. I do not say he really means this -- how it is interpreted by a juror is what counts. I suspect that the truth is that the member is just going out of his way to tell other members what a tough-guy he is.

I will mention no names. You who qualify will know it. But I do think our members should be aware of the risk they may be voluntarily and unnecessarily taking when they choose a user-name. This point also comes into play with respect to what is sometimes wrongly thought about the general attitude of those on our side of the gun-debate. I have raised the latter point before here, only to be slapped down rather vigorously.

Elmo

funny this very thing has been said here before.

[jamisjockey]

Excellent article!



Joe Horn, anyone? His comments were what created the controversy, not the shooting, whch was in line with castle doctrine.

[cougartex]

Thanks for posting.

[ELB]

Added to the list:

FAQ: What do I do or say after defending myself?

If you are relatively new to the board, you might want to pursue the FAQ link and see what has gone before. Even if you aren't relatively new...