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According to the anti gunners; those fine citizens were exercising their God given rights to rob someone: Let's all take pity in those poor kids. Yep, Goetz comes across as a nutcase.
Goetz was tried before a mainly white Manhattan jury,[17] six of whom had been victims of street crime.[41] He was acquitted of the attempted murder and first-degree assault charges and convicted of criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree – carrying a loaded, unlicensed weapon in a public place.[50] He was sentenced to six months in jail, one year's psychiatric treatment, five years' probation, 200 hours community service, and a fine of $5,000. He appealed, and the appellate court affirmed the conviction and ordered a resentencing for a period of one year in jail without probation. The order of the appellate court was affirmed because the trial court had not erred in instructing the jury that, if it found the People had proved each of the elements of the crime beyond a reasonable doubt, it "must" find the defendant guilty. This was not a directed verdict. Goetz served eight months.
So Goetz should have carried a sharpened screwdriver, and waited to be stabbed before pulling it out. Is that what I hear?Yes, but the thugs were also subject to those same laws.
The incident occurred on the Seventh Avenue 2 express subway train in Manhattan on December 22, 1984. It sparked a nationwide debate on vigilantism, the perceptions of race and crime in major cities, and the legal limits of self-defense.[3]
Wikipedia Article said:Bernard Hugo Goetz
Born November 7, 1947 (1947-11-07) (age 63)
Kew Gardens, New York, U.S
Occupation Self employed at the time of the incident
Spouse Divorced, 1970s
The day following this attack, Goetz bought a revolver from a friend in the Greenwich Village section of Manhattan and began carrying it regularly. Goetz applied for a permit to carry a handgun, on the basis of routinely carrying valuable equipment and large sums of cash. His application was denied for insufficient need, as are most such applications in New York City. Later he bought a five-shot, alloy J-frame Smith and Wesson "Airweight" revolver with a shrouded hammer[9] in Florida and had brandished it twice to frighten away would-be robbers before using it to shoot the four men who confronted him on the subway.
At the time of the incident all four men had criminal records, with a total of fourteen criminal bench warrants, although only Cabey had been charged with a felony, armed robbery. All of them had reached the age of majority.