A classic case of home defense from a little more than a century ago reminds us of core Castle Doctrine principles, an American inheritance from the English Common Law. It appeared in my decades-long Ayoob Files series in American Handgunner magazine. As always, your commentary is invited.
‘ It’s also the only house I can think of offhand that is now in the National Register of Historical Sites because of a controversial shooting that took place there.’
Fords Theatre is unsuprisingly a National Historic Site.
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Fords Theatre isn’t a house, though.
The Medgar Evers house, where he was assassinated, is a National Monument.
https://www.nps.gov/memy/index.htm
Blair House? Or is that classified as a government building.
That was an excellent, well-written article.
Nurses rock!
They’re also SCARY to be downrange of. 🙂 Back in college, I tended to find myself working with a lot of young ladies who wanted to learn to shoot, and one of the things the cops we shot with and I always talked about with them was the importance of an I-mean-business “War Face.” Scariest one we ever saw was a five-nil, petite blonde nursing student who could have passed for a cheerleader when she walked up to the line, looked downrange at the target and with clinical coolness told it, “I am a nurse and I know PRECISELY where to shoot you”…
I remember reading that story years ago. It might have been your column.
I do believe that Blair House is government property. Which is why Truman was staying there while the White House was being “renovated”.
Mr. Darrow’s explanation of the doctrine of the reasonable man is a lot wordier than Mr. Justice Holmes’s version. OTOH, with some editing, it might resonate better with a jury, especially in the case of Dr Sweet.
Part of the Michigan ordinance mentions criminal intent as part of a definition of “mob.” Kind of makes me think that outcomes of events finally determine whether a group has met “mob” criteria. A brief online search gives map descriptions of where to find “mobs” in Phoenix. More “mob-free” area seems to obtain than “ mob-infested,” but maybe not all that much. Next house I move into, though, will look like it has been been built by the famous Mad Ludwig, if I can find such a structure.
Nothing says you can’t buy acreage and design your own…