Inku Yo wrote: corndog wrote: Inku Yo wrote:
It\'s not the concealed part that worries me. It\'s the \"when it becomes time to unconceal\" part that worries me.
How do you make that judgment? You whip it out and get into a firefight with your clients standing nearby? You all of a sudden say and do stupid things because you know you can just blow their heads off instead of walking away?
It\'s a legitimate concern and there is no answer, you\'ll just have to put a bit of faith in your fellow man, just like you do on the freeway every...single...day.
Sure, but if you do whip it out and bust a cap in someone\'s ass, you can pretty much kiss your photography business good bye. There\'s never going to be a clear cut answer - should the photographer have popped the guy or should he just have given up his gear and walked. What was he doing in the middle of South Central at midnight with his \"clients\" anyway?
I just don\'t think it\'s a good move.
Not taking sides here, but pointing something out:
In most states, defense of personal property in a public place is NOT grounds for the use of force in self defense. The ONLY acceptable reason for use of deadly force in many states is when one is directly and immediately threatened with deadly force. This varies from state to state, and also depends on where you are located. Point being, you cannot simply shoot someone for attempting to steal your camera gear. You can only shoot someone who is threatening you with deadly force.
Inku Yo wrote: corndog wrote: Inku Yo wrote:
It\'s not the concealed part that worries me. It\'s the \"when it becomes time to unconceal\" part that worries me.
How do you make that judgment? You whip it out and get into a firefight with your clients standing nearby? You all of a sudden say and do stupid things because you know you can just blow their heads off instead of walking away?
It\'s a legitimate concern and there is no answer, you\'ll just have to put a bit of faith in your fellow man, just like you do on the freeway every...single...day.
Sure, but if you do whip it out and bust a cap in someone\'s ass, you can pretty much kiss your photography business good bye. There\'s never going to be a clear cut answer - should the photographer have popped the guy or should he just have given up his gear and walked. What was he doing in the middle of South Central at midnight with his \"clients\" anyway?
I just don\'t think it\'s a good move.
Not taking sides here, but pointing something out:
In most states, defense of personal property in a public place is NOT grounds for the use of force in self defense. The ONLY acceptable reason for use of deadly force in many states is when one is directly and immediately threatened with deadly force. This varies from state to state, and also depends on where you are located. Point being, you cannot simply shoot someone for attempting to steal your camera gear.
Nov 16, 2010 at 11:14 PM
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