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Failure to follow lawful commands can be deadly

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http://blog.chron.com/newswatch/2012/07/officer-kills-suspect-in-sw-houston/

I’m having a hard time feeling sympathy for the deceased in this case.  The family can debate in ignorance if they like but, folks, when an officer says “let me see your hands,” that is NOT the time to start getting cute or deciding demonstrating your complete lack of understanding of the law.  This officer apparently gave the orders in both English and Spanish but, the decedent decided he didn’t have to show his hands and kept his hand hidden from view in a manner indicative of a concealed weapon.

If an officer gives you a lawful order, you are bound by law to comply, not debate the officer’s authority or otherwise resist.  Furthermore, you cannot lawfully resist arrest, even if you know the arrest is wrong.  And at the end of the day, you will never, ever, win a fight on a street with the cops.  You might manage to beat “a” cop but, you cannot out run Motorola (or Fox if you’re in Houston) and there are almost always more cops than you are prepared to handle.  For your own safety, just do what the cop says.
-Gary

 

We’re suppose to AVOID, not seek, confrontations….

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http://www.chron.com/news/article/Texas-jury-convicts-man-in-stand-your-ground-case-3629425.php

Raul Rodriguez went against everything concealed handgun license applicants are told about avoiding unnecessary confrontations.  Folks, it’s not enough to read the “Cliff Notes” version of the class regarding non-violent dispute resolution and use of force. Parroting cute little buzzwords on camera or the 911 tape while being an idiot and seeking a fight rather than avoiding one just provides admissible evidence of you being an idiot.

-Gary

 

 

Homeowner arrested for firing warning shot – Houston weather, traffic, news | FOX 26 | MyFoxHouston

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Homeowner arrested for firing warning shot – Houston weather, traffic, news | FOX 26 | MyFoxHouston. A listener asked us about this on Facebook today.  So, I thought I’d post my answer…

“On the warning shot arrest, I can see both sides of that incident and frankly, I think the woman from Crime Stoppers was talking out of her butt. She was right however, when she said that standards of reasonableness are (or should be) applied when police believe an offense has occurred. I quite honestly think the police might have been right on this one based on their explanation that the homeowner did not express a belief he was in immediate danger of bodily harm when he discharged that round.

One must keep in mind that simply displaying a firearm in public, or in front of another person, qualifies as aggravated assault (we don’t have a “brandishing” law in Texas). So the rule of thumb is that if you’re not justified in shooting someone, you aren’t often justified in pointing a gun at them either. At the very least, you must be justified in using force. In this case, the homeowner could argue he was justified in using force (but not deadly force) to prevent a burglary or theft in the nighttime but, discharging the firearm is in fact deadly force (even though he fired into ground) and that’s where he steps beyond the standards of reasonableness applied by the investigating officers.”

– Gary

Lessons from a Fatal Shootout in a Crowded McDonald’s « Isegoria

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Lessons from a Fatal Shootout in a Crowded McDonald’s « Isegoria.  Reposted from another blog known as Isegoria.  It’s an officer’s account of an off-duty shooting but, there are lessons to be applied both for CHL holders and officers alike if caught in an armed robbery of a commercial/retail establishment.

-Gary

Soldier Gets Guns Back from Washington, D.C. – Guns & Ammo

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Soldier Gets Guns Back from Washington, D.C. – Guns & Ammo.

Yet another reason NOT to visit D.C.  It is a beacon of irony.  To think, the seat of freedom and democracy in the world in fact rests in the most oppressive, least free city in all the United States.  We salute Lt. Augustine Kim for standing up to the District’s theft of his property.

-Gary