phorbin wrote:
In article ,
says...
Pretty much guarantee that in our neck of the woods, the Sheriff's
Deputy
would be laughing his backside off as he carted the [real] perp to jail
after the trip to the hospital.
Would the perp then sue for criminal damage?
Anybody can sue for anything, in this case, not very likely though and
would most likely be laughed out of court if he did. Since we are in a
right to carry state, the fact that the near victim was in a position to
fear for his life, the action taken would fall under the realm of
reasonable force necessary to protect himself and his property. The perp
*would* wind up charged with attempted robbery, assault, and if he took a
slash with the knife as the OP indicated potentially also charged with
attempted murder.
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