Legal self defense for a teenager

[Colt117]

(Quote)Colt,

IF you overpower a school shooter, and she dies in the process, you should be okay. OTOH, if you use an illegal firearm, you'll still be in trouble. Unless you have a legal firearm in a shooting situation or (possibly) are so close you can't reasonably flee, your best option in a school shooting is to be a good witness and safely exit the building/grounds as quickly as possible, helping any you can escape in the process.(Quote/)

When you say if I use an illegal firearm in a self defense shooting situation do you mean illegal as in one I brought from home? (If that's the case please know that I am not interested in doing so and I have enough sense and am not interested in breaking the law in any way) or do you mean a weapon or firearm that I obtain by apprehending the assailant and using his weapon to take care of the second threat (if there was one)? Highly improbable, I know, but would that be legal?

 

[JShirley]

Yeah, you understand. If you had a gun from home smuggled in with you, and used it to stop a school shooter, you'd be in trouble. If you struggled with a school shooter, and they died in the process, you should be fine.

J

 

[Green Lantern]

A note about the Surefire ED2 light...

I read an article by Walt Rauch about how he visited a courtroom twice, once with a "non-threatening" looking Surefire (G2 I think), and later with the ED2.

The first visit was uneventful at the security checkpoint, but Rauch says the second time the guard held up his ED2, and said (admiringly but not too quietly ) "tactical light!" Then proceeded to give the rest of his stuff much more scrutiny until he found that the man was a retired cop.

By all means Colt, get some kubotan training and carry your Surefire, but keep in mind that those "in the know" may see it as a weapon and take it if you must pass through security (metal detecor, train, plane, ect...). If you can't get training right away, you might look into books on kubotan to study until you can. That's what I'm using to 'tide me over' till I can get real training.

My "every day carry" light is a 2AA Mini Maglite with the Nite-Eyes (sp?) 3-led upgrade, available for about $5 at Wally World (just the bulbs, not the push-swich...don't wanna "pad" the endcap). It's not really a kuboton nor is it really a tactical light. But it could serve as either if it had to, and I think it looks less "threatening" than the ED2. And hopefully any security screeners I have to go through (a possible AMTRAK ride to PA next year comes to mind! ) will think the same way!

Since I haven't updated my sig line yet - TIFWIW, IANAL, et ceter!

 

[Fosbery]

Apparently the bloke who designed the Maglite did actually design it to be used as a kubaton. That's what I heard at least.