Soulforged 14:37 04-03-2007
Originally Posted by Crazed Rabbit:
Hunting down sex offenders is vigilantism. Shooting a rapist is self defense. Get it?
Sure, only if he's raping you, if he's raping anyone else it's called defense of others. But notice that the offense has to be actual and concrete. You don't get to shoot the bastard after he has finished the raping because that's not defense. And if you shoot him while on the act but then you discover he was not a rapist, you still could get a manslaughter conviction.
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