🚀 go-pugleaf

In article <CGp30B.7Du@cbnewsl.cb.att.com> wws@wwssun.att.com (Bill Stoll) writ
es:
>dysart@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Mitchell D Dysart) writes:
>>So, the moral of the story is, do not ever attempt to enforce a citizens
>>arrest.  Do not use force to stop somebody for a property violation.
>>And if this happens to you, promptly swear out a complaint with the
>>police department.  As we understood the judges instructions, use of force
>>(particularly deadly force which, by the way, can be just about anything)
>>to stop a crimminal (felony or misdemeanor) for a non-life threatening
>>situation, by a private citizen (that is, somebody not possessing a
>>peace officer's commission issued by the State), *is itself a felony*.
>>I have no question that our jury would have found those Meijer security
>>guards gulity of felonious assault.
>
>Does this mean that people can't use handguns to defend their home
>from unarmed burglars?

     No, it doesn't. These 2 situations are different: one is in public,
the other is on private property, where B & E can be proven, and
my word is law.
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