Organization: University of Illinois at Chicago, academic Computer Center
From: Jason Kratz <U28037@uicvm.uic.edu>
Subject: Re: What to do if you shoot somebody
 <1993Apr18.061532.3288@uoft02.utoledo.edu>
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In article <1993Apr18.061532.3288@uoft02.utoledo.edu>,
steiner@jupiter.cse.utoledo.edu (Jason 'Think!' Steiner) says:
>
>Jason Kratz (U28037@uicvm.uic.edu) writes:
>>
>> Say you're in a situation where you have to pull a gun on somebody.
>>  You give them a chance to get away but they decided to continue in
>> their action anyway and you end up shooting and killing them.  My
>> question is what do you do?  Should you stay and wait for the cops
>> or should you collect your brass (if you're using a semi-auto) and
>> get out of there (provided of course you don't think that you have
>> been seen)?  What kind of laws are on the books regarding this type
>> of situation?  What would be the most likely thing to happen to you
>> if you stayed and waited and it was a first offense?  What would
>> happen if you took off but someone saw you and you were caught?
>
>ghods. do you have -any- idea how much trouble you'd get into for
>taking off like that? leaving the scene of an auto accident is bad
>enough! killing someone & leaving is 10 times worse. who's going
>to seriously believe it was self-defense when you took the time
>to collect your spent casings? "But officer, I reload!"
>
Well, like someone said in a reply to this it really all depends on the area
that you live in.  See David Veal's reply to this.  I have heard exactly the
same thing that he said in his reply - to fade away if you think that you
haven't been seen (I heard this from a police officer).  For the record though
he was talking about in Tennessee - not everywhere.

>even if you could get away with it, you're still a fugitive. do
>it nice & legal, keep your law-abiding status & send your story
>into the Armed Citizen column of American Rifleman.
>
>jason
>
>--
Jason - u28037@uicvm.cc.uic.edu




