It is times like that when I am glad I detect armed. Confront them, let them attack you, and then "Stand your ground." Gotta love Florida law...
Officer: "why did you shoot?"
Metal detector who just got in fight with sea turtle egg hunters: "I was in fear for my life."
Officer: "Why?"
MDWJGIFWSTEH: "I was hit with multiple blows from different people and thought they would kill me."
Officer: "No charges need to be filed here. He was standing his ground."[/QUOTE
Confronting them could be considered provoking them.
Should the use of deadly force be justified by you proving your life was threatened by a proven means and ability...the civil suit to follow and having killed or maimed some one over sea turtle eggs would be somber. Then still , hope intent does not come into play ; unless you have diplomatic immunity.
I'd state nests are Protected by law and move on to a site where a discrete call could be made to authorities.
Then watch my environment returning to my entrance and or vehicle for prying eyes and avoid vehicle due to confirmed association with it and it's plate , till clear.
But then my use of deadly force is restricted to valid threat of my life, as a last option I'm not eager to employ.[/QUOTE
"Hope springs eternal in the human breast: Man never is, but always to be blest." Alexander Pope
Enough is enough...truth of the matter is would of just given them all a beat down and let the cops stroll in later to cuff 'em. My point was that a man needs to stand up and confront the evils in front of them. A man who stands up for nothing...stands for nothing.
Float like a butterfly and sting like a bee.[
Get worn out fighting all evil . Having hosted refugees who thought if you catch it you can eat it , as in their native country.....evil was not the right term for their actions , though surprise was.
Being followed home I've experienced by both police and an angry for a fight civilian.
Added watching my backtrail to watching my front ,and sides.
A neighbor got stomped the same way.
Having a weapon does not create more targets for my combating evil. Nor would I have it add me as a target any more often.
I'll fight if needed and go down swingin. Been there a time or two.
Learned to avoid encouraging them though.
A patient hunt trumps chasing a thinking quarry into a table turned , button hook ambush.
A passion creating an event allowing discovery of any of some ones patterns,habits,home,vehicle, work ,ect an invite for fought evil to retaliate.
Choose exposure wisely lest a real evil targets the exposed.
The news media's exposure for shooting a turtle egg raider...heck no. Let alone the relatives and comrades of the leaky party.
To be or not to be-that is the question:
Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer
The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,
Or to take arms against a sea of troubles,
And, by opposing, end them. To die, to sleep-
No more-and by a sleep to say we end
The heartache and the thousand natural shocks
That flesh is heir to-'tis a consummation
Devoutly to be wished. To die, to sleep-
To sleep, perchance to dream. Aye, there's the rub,
For in that sleep of death what dreams may come,
When we have shuffled off this mortal coil,
Must give us pause. There's the respect
That makes calamity of so long life.
For who would bear the whips and scorns of time.
I got spirit and fight left in me for most of us. I am not ready to back down, not ready to relent, not ready to give an inch. There is a force in this world that is right and good. I still stand for it. My methods may be crude, my plans may be ill thought out, and the outcome may not be as planned. However, I am here, and I stand from every mountain top, from every pinnacle that I am alive and I am still fighting!
