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Article: Explaining the deadly force decision: "justifiable homicide." (Massad Ayoob on Lethal Force, part 3)
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- Shooting Industry
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- August 1, 1991
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Explaining the Deadly Force Decision: "Justifiable Homicide"
Part III
On part I, we showed how poor advice from the gunshop on how and when to use the firearm that was purchased for self-defense can trigger cataclysmic repercussions for both the customer and the dealer. In part II we gave a generic overview of how the various levels of homicide are seen by the courts in our society. The gun, of course, may properly be fired at a human being only in a situation where grounds for justifiable homicide exist.
Throughout America - and the free world, and for that matter, the Soviet Union - the concept of justifiable homicide is universal, and spelled ...