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BWEEAAAAAHAHAHAHHAAAA!!!

The shooter shoulda threw some dirt over him an made a planter...

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> http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/2626656/detail.html
> see web site for video, picture of the killer and a moral
survey.
>
> AULT, Colo. -- A family in the small community of Ault was
devastated last
> weekend by a violent shooting. Now they are stunned by the
district
> attorney's decision not to prosecute the shooter, 7NEWS
reported.
>
>  Video
>
> Wife describes husband's violent death.
>
> Richard L. Hammock, 48 (pictured, left), was shot and killed
Nov. 2 by a
> 12-gauge shotgun blast to the chest.
>
>
> After meeting with the Ault police chief, the Weld County
district
> attorney decided Monday that Hammock's neighbor, Eric Griffin,
33, will
> not be charged with second-degree murder because the shooting
was within
> the bounds of the so-called "Make My Day" law.
>
> The Colorado law, passed in 1985, allows homeowners to use
deadly force to
> defend themselves, their family or their property "when another
person has
> made an unlawful entry into the dwelling" and when they feel
that the
> intruder "might use any physical force."
>
> Weld County District Attorney Al Dominguez said Monday that the
porch can
> be considered part of the person's dwelling, according to court
precedent.
>
>
> The district attorney has decided not to prosecute a man for
shooting and
> killing his neighbor because the neighbor had a large club and
broken
> several small windows. Do you agree that this situation was
justified
> under the Make My Day law?
> Yes. The man felt threatened.
> No. It sounds like an excuse to kill an angry neighbor.
>
> Results  |  Disclaimer
>
>
> "Based on what a reasonable person might think, with someone
breaking your
> glass door, who is angry, and wants to come into your house, I
felt that
> the ... what is known as the
use-of-deadly-force-against-an-intruder law
> applies," Dominguez said.
>
> Police said Hammock was carrying a 2-foot-by-2-foot board when
he went
> next door to Griffin's home. Hammock reportedly broke a couple
of glass
> panels on Griffin's door, and that's when Griffin shot him in
the chest.
> Griffin told police that he believed Hammock was going to break
into his
> home.
>
> Police later found Hammock on the steps of Griffin's front porch
and
> called an ambulance. He was pronounced dead at Northern Colorado
Medical
> Center a short time later.
>
>
> Hammock's wife and daughter are disgusted by the district
attorney's
> decision not to do anything about the case.
>
> "All I know is that I got to spread my dad's ashes, and he
(Griffin) gets
> to come home," said Felicia Christopherson, the victim's
stepdaughter.
> "They are actually trying to justify this situation."
>
>
> "He had plenty of choices about what he could have done if he
thought he
> was in danger. He could have locked the door; he could have
called the
> police; he could have just threatened him with the gun. He
didn't have to
> shoot through the door to kill him," she told the Greeley
Tribune.
>
> Hammock went to confront Griffin because he had allegedly shot
Hammock's
> dog with a pellet gun because the dog was barking too much, his
family said.
>
>
>
>
>
> "I ran over there and they didn't want me to see and he was
laying on the
> steps, and he had a big hole in his chest. Oh my God!" said his
wife,
> Dianne Hammock. "They never opened the door up. They shot him
right
> through the door."
>
> Dominguez said the decision not to press charges was not a
decision he
> made lightly. He also said he thinks it was a mistake for the
Colorado
> legislature to pass the Make My Day law. Hammock's family said
the law
> needs to be rewritten.
>
>
> "I can understand why the shooting victim's family is upset. Who
wouldn't
> be? After all, if someone shoots your dog, don't you have the
right to go
> over to the homeowner's house? The problem here was taking the
stick. That
> may have tied the hands of the district attorney," said 7NEWS
legal
> analyst Craig Silverman.
>
> The state law also protects the shooter from any civil lawsuits
filed as a
> result of a Make My Day situation.
>
> The exact statute reads:
>
> (1) The general assembly hereby recognizes that the citizens of
Colorado
> have a right to expect absolute safety within their own homes.
(2)
> Notwithstanding the provisions of section 18-1-704, any occupant
of a
> dwelling is justified in using any degree of physical force,
including
> deadly physical force, against another person when that other
person has
> made an unlawful entry into the dwelling, and when the occupant
has a
> reasonable belief that such other person has committed a crime
in the
> dwelling in addition to the uninvited entry, or is committing or
intends
> to commit a crime against a person or property in addition to
the
> uninvited entry, and when the occupant reasonably believes that
such other
> person might use any physical force, no matter how slight,
against any
> occupant. (3) Any occupant of a dwelling using physical force,
including
> deadly physical force, in accordance with the provisions of
subsection (2)
> of this section shall be immune from criminal prosecution for
the use of
> such force. (4) Any occupant of a dwelling using physical force,
including
> deadly physical force, in accordance with the provisions of
subsection (2)
> of this section shall be immune from any civil liability for
injuries or
> death resulting from the use of such force.
>