I read it again. It makes it sound like he pulled the guy off during the molestation. That's different than while he was running away.

 

Again, we'd all do the same but I'm just curious as to how I would be protected by the written law. Does that fall under self-defense?

A time to kill.

 

My favorite Grisham novel.

Did the father attack WHILE the guy was molesting or did he attack AFTER?

 

Would make no difference in my eyes. I feel confident in saying the rage I would have felt if this had been my child wouldn't have ceased until I had beaten the life out of the man.

Would make no difference in my eyes. I feel confident in saying the rage I would have felt if this had been my child wouldn't have ceased until I had beaten the life out of the man.

 

It would seem to matter legally.

 

I can shoot you if you're coming into my house but I don't think I have the right to shoot you if you're running out of my house.

What if he had stopped and was running away?

 

He wouldn't run far.

He wouldn't run far.

 

I get that. I get the macho stuff even though none of us know what we're truly going to do.

 

I'm strictly speaking in the legal sense.

It would seem to matter legally.

 

I can shoot you if you're coming into my house but I don't think I have the right to shoot you if you're running out of my house.

 

Not even close to being the same. Somebody tries that on my child I'm hunting them down if I have to cross state lines.

Let's say I wanted to beat a guy to death. Couldn't I just say I found him molesting my daughter? I could easily convince my 4-yr-old to lie.

 

Seems like a rock solid way to murder someone you don't like.

Not even close to being the same. Somebody tries that on my child I'm hunting them down if I have to cross state lines.

 

Easy, Clint. You've not yet addressed anything I've said.

What if he had stopped and was running away?

I'd have shot him in the back.

Let's say I wanted to beat a guy to death. Couldn't I just say I found him molesting my daughter? I could easily convince my 4-yr-old to lie.

 

Seems like a rock solid way to murder someone you don't like.

 

 

Seems like there was some evidence in this case. I take "there was no evidence to suggest he was lying" to mean there was evidence that he had molested the child.

I'd have shot him in the back.

 

No you wouldn't have. You would have wanted to have physically taken his life with your own bare hands.

My favorite Grisham novel.

Me too.

Easy, Clint. You've not yet addressed anything I've said.

 

 

Well quit trying to compare raisins with watermelons.

No you wouldn't have. You would have wanted to have physically taken his life with your own bare hands.

 

I carry a pistol. I'd have shot him on the run. If he wasn't dead, I'd have made it very miserable at his end, literally.