http://www.kxmb.com/News/196003.asp
This one's a few weeks old. A man, who apparently is a convicted felon, claims to have shot an intruder.
Prosecutors in northwestern Minnesota have filed weapons charges against a convicted felon who told police he shot and killed an intruder.
Prosecutors say 32-year-old Curtis James Thompson was charged during the investigation into the death of 27-year-old Dominic Needham of Red Lake at a home outside Bemidji.
Interestingly, felons are not allowed to own firearms.* Hence, the weapons charge. But, if you can suspend the notion that gun = bad and also realize that a convicted felon isn't necessarily a violent criminal, then you can wonder, what if Curtis Thompson was legitimately protecting himself against a violent attack from Dominic Needham? I don't know what Thompson's past offenses are and whether or not he's on probation, but if he's served his time, "payed his debt to society," mightn't he be entitled to defend himself and his home with a gun? Just wondering.
* Supposedly, a felon can petition the state and or ATF to restore their rights to own firearms but, apparently, in practice it never happens.
1 comment:
I bet if it was the other way around you would throw the book at him...Red Lake man shot to death and you say it was in self defense..wow.. This guy who is a parole violator and a felon in possession of a firearm fatally shoots someone and you want to call it "Self Defense"..My Kids' dad didnt' deserve to die the way he did...and I was mad when i seen this...as old as it is..It still hurts..read up on the news from this case..i believe Curtis got what he deserved..may not be much..but its something..because My kids will never get to see their dad again because of this guy..No one deserves to lose a parent so young...
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