By Bob Walsh
An interesting case out of Georgia has determined that an
illegal possession of a firearm does not necessarily mean the use of
that firearm is unlawful.
The
object of the exercise has not been named as he was 17 at the time of
the incident. He was at a public park with a loaded handgun in his
backpack. At some point an armed adult, 22 years old, came up to him,
beat on him with a handgun a little bit, order the teen to come with him
or he would shoot him, and then put his gun in his waistband. At that
time the teen grabbed his own gat and shot the man who was attempting to
kidnap him seven times.
The
prosecutor in Muscogee County asked the judge to dismiss the charges in
the case stemming from the 2021 incident. The prosecutor concluded,
based on witnesses and video footage, that the teen was the victim of an
attempted kidnapping and under Georgia law had the right to defend
himself.
The mother of the
dead guy objects because her son had put his gun away and was shot in
the back, including a few times while he was down. Too bad. So sad.
2 comments:
Justified from any angle.
Sometimes a story comes along that offers hope that the legal system isn't a total failure.
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