Long Island Man Arrested For Defending Home With AK-47

[ChunkyMonkey]

http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2010/09/...me-with-ak-47/

Read carefully and comment please.

[Hitman 6]

Next time go inside and shut your mouth. Rightful arrest in my book.

[OgenRwot]

Well, I'm not gonna waste my time commenting on an article that already has 400 comments. It won't make a difference. Anyhow, he's going to have a hard time getting out of this one. I just moved up here from Arizona and they have GREAT gun laws...or lack there of. Even if he did that down there he would probably get a ticket for discharging a firearm within city limits. Verbal threats don't really go that far when it comes to claiming "self defense". Here in Colorado, as well as AZ you must be in fear of serious bodily injury or death. He may have been in fear, but having "20 guys" (also have to prove that there were really 20 there) yell at you doesn't quite break the threshold of deadly force. Now, if they were on his property, especially in a "castle doctrine" state, you would have a better chance. New York doesn't have a "castle doctrine" law, just a self defense statute. It's pretty gray on what you can and can't do. Judging from the article alone, and I'm sure there's more to the story, I say this guy made a mistake and in my opinion this was a bad shoot.

[MrPrena]

Initial non-lethal/less lethal option would've been great on this case.

[Hitman 6]

Judging from the article alone, and I'm sure there's more to the story, I say this guy made a mistake and in my opinion this was a bad shoot.

+1, like when he said "you know, can you please leave". Yeah I'm sure thats exactly what happened. Plus IMHO, the fact that this guy had an AK alone during this, and that he "didnt have a criminal record" is really bad for all of us.

[Scanker19]

Shotspotter? Maybe a good idea but a little to close to us being watched 25 hours a day. Or I'm just paranoid, probably both.

[Irving]

Shot spotters are the equivalent to paying a blind man to stand on every corner. Worthless product.

[Scanker19]

I wonder if they get a lot of false alarms? or if they would even know.

[68Charger]

I'll leave judgement to those that live in a urban area.. "shotspotter" would being going off 100's of times each day in my area, but nobody dies... It's called living within a mile of a firing range.. LOL

With the gang involvement, I'd love to see this guy get off on this, but if you crossed a gang & lived in the city, I'm not sure this would help... exile in another state would probably be your only hope... I've seen gangs at work in Phoenix...

Around here, not only would it have not gotten to this point- but I'm not sure it would even get any attention if it did...

but his or someone else's life would have to be in danger for discharge to be justified there... I just don't need any justification for "shooting" where I live... as long as I'm not shooting AT anyone

Somebody will probably take issue with this- PM me, and I'll send you a Google maps coordinates of where I'm at, and maybe that'll put things in perspective...

[KevDen2005]

Shotspotter? Maybe a good idea but a little to close to us being watched 25 hours a day. Or I'm just paranoid, probably both.

I have buddies that work in DC Metro PD. Certain districts in the District have them. I certainly wouldn't worry about that technology being used as a big brother tool. In fact lots of things set them off, such as train whistles, car backfires, etc. They usually get verified first...and not to mention if you live in a jurisdiction that uses them (and is willing to pay for such technology) then believe me, you live in a bad neighborhood