Schultz, read Mav's post about facilitation and my original post again. This time try not to troll for sound-bytes or take a specific sentence so far out of context.
Originally posted by flakbait
Do I agree with the 10-round limit on pistols? Yes and no. Yes, because it gives a perp less ammo to fire at you or an officer. No, because I'd like 15 rounds of Silvertip .40 S&W to fire at the guy trying to steal my jeep. If given a choice, I'd have to say no. 10 shots is plenty for pistols.
This is a normal form of presenting a "both sides of the coin" example. On the one hand, you have option A. On the other, you have option B. If given the choice, I'd take A over B. Instead, you whipped up a furor by taking a single line from that quote so far out of context it isn't funny. Hindsight being what it is, I admit I could've chosen a better method of presenting the other side of the argument. Then again, you could've asked me if I meant that in a literal sense. You didn't, you chose to run all over the place with one sentence that didn't mean what you thought it meant. Politicians do this on a very regular basis, I just never had you pegged as one. As for valuing a thief's life less than a nickel, that's an easy one. The thief is more interested in his 15 minutes of kicks than anything else. Unlike a Marine grunt, a doctor, a cop, a paramedic, an Air Force pilot, the local flight instructor, or a family man/woman, the thief is doing it all for himself. Unlike all those folks, a thief is not dedicating his time and effort in making a positive difference in another's life. He's dedicated to doing what he wants when he wants, regardless of what impact that has on another person's life or how much damage it causes. I can't hold a person like that in anything but a negative light.
And yes, in the United States, facilitation is a crime. If Toad spots someone stealing his car and threatens that criminal with a gun, he is stopping a crime in progress. If you shoot Toad, you're effectively defending the criminal with lethal force. So in addition to being charged with excessive use of lethal force, reckless discharge of a firearm, and attempted murder, you'd also be charged with facilitation of grand theft auto. Because you didn't stop the thief, you stopped the man trying to stop the thief. In the law's eyes, you'd be guilty of aiding the thief even if that wasn't your intention. I'd trust Mav on this point, as he was in law enforcement for an awful long time.
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