myleen klass

[johncar54]

Sorry, 2nd Amendment

Which is :

A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.

The right to have a gun is not the right to kill people.

Sixteen States don't have the death penalty.

[KeithD]

Which is :

A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.

The right to have a gun is not the right to kill people.

Sixteen States don't have the death penalty.

You need to read the complete amendment and the court cases regarding self defence. What happens per state is irrelevant as it is overruled by the Supreme Courts support of the 2nd Amendment.

[johncar54]

You need to read the complete amendment and the court cases regarding self defence. What happens per state is irrelevant as it is overruled by the Supreme Courts support of the 2nd Amendment.

Sorry I had not realised this thread was being extended to USA. I have no specialist knowledge of USA law thus I don't wish to comment on it.


I have through now read something about the Klass case.

If she was told by the police (as reported in a newspaper) she was not permitted to defend herself or her family, using reasonable means, then that was incorrect.

If the people whom she feared were in her enclosed back garden and looking through her windows, then I would have thought she was probably not acting unreasonably to wave a knife at them. I would doubt that if such circumstances were reported to the CPS they would approve any action against her.

One of the problems police generally have is that many forces do not have dedicated CID career detectives. Thus they are really little more than enthusiastic amateurs when it come to knowing the law in detail. That was why the Met Police used to have a professional Career CID, who could be relied upon to know the law. Unfortunately because of petty jealousies they were disbanded about 30 years ago and the ability of the CID to professionally investigate criminal cases was lost.