News Murder or Castle Doctrine?

tooge · 09-04-2013, 01:48 PM

I canoe the rivers of southern MO a couple of times a summer. I've got my son with me, and we are fishing, so were pretty tame as floaters go. We do stop on sand bars all along the river to fish from them, eat lunch, or swim a bit. I've only once had a man come down and tell me that technically, I was on his land, but he didn't care.

I'm guessing the story lies somewhere in the middle, but it'll be a he said/he said type of thing where only the people there will really know what happened.

If a guy starts shooting at my friends and I, I'm not picking up rocks and throwing them at him, I'm running my ass away in a serpentine path.

I'll bet the drunk floaters didn't want to be told that they can't be there, argued, it escalated, stones got thrown, and he shot at them.

I'd probably acquit him based on the story above.

View Poll Results: You're on the jury. Do you acquit or convict based on the story below?
Acquit. A man's home is his castle.	18	24.66%
Convict. Send him up the river.	44	60.27%
I can't serve on a jury. I'm crazy, I'm telling you. CRAZY!	11	15.07%
Voters: 73. You may not vote on this poll

09-04-2013, 01:48 PM	#10
tooge MVP Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Liberty, MO Casino cash: $554112	I canoe the rivers of southern MO a couple of times a summer. I've got my son with me, and we are fishing, so were pretty tame as floaters go. We do stop on sand bars all along the river to fish from them, eat lunch, or swim a bit. I've only once had a man come down and tell me that technically, I was on his land, but he didn't care. I'm guessing the story lies somewhere in the middle, but it'll be a he said/he said type of thing where only the people there will really know what happened. If a guy starts shooting at my friends and I, I'm not picking up rocks and throwing them at him, I'm running my ass away in a serpentine path. I'll bet the drunk floaters didn't want to be told that they can't be there, argued, it escalated, stones got thrown, and he shot at them. I'd probably acquit him based on the story above.
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