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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What would happen if any of us wanted to protect our property from the out of control crime in DC?  The DC council and courts would have you strung up, beaten with a stick and thrown in jail. Yet if you are Janet Yellen, your security staff is allowed to throw DC law out the window and shoot at will at criminals doing the same exact thing to her as they do to everyone else who lives in DC.  Such hypocrisy:

https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/secret-service-agent-near-janet-yellens-home-opens-fire-on-car-break-in-suspects/3614487/

[b]When can law abiding citizens in DC own guns and use them to protect themselves and their property, just like how politicians and non elected govt officials in DC are allowed to do?[/b] [/quote]

You can right now. Nobody is stopping you. Not sure why the grand hyperbole and implication that you aren't allowed to own or defend your life if needed in DC.

https://mpdc.dc.gov/sites/default/files/dc/sites/mpdc/page_content/attachments/District%20Law%20Pertaining%20to%20Self%20Defense.pdf[/quote]

Homeowner Jason Lewis was protecting both his property/car and himself when he shot at someone running towards him.  He was convicted of manslaughter in October although his sentencing has been delayed until January.

"Nobody is stoppinig you" but you will be charged and convicted if you shoot to protect yourself in DC, if you are not a LEO.[/quote]

That is an absolutely WILD mischaracterization of the facts of the Jason Lewis case.
https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/guilty-verdict-man-who-killed-13-year-old-karon-blake
https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/crime/karon-blake-case-jason-lewis-sentenced/65-de3fedac-d2cf-4eca-8305-09f59146830e[/quote]

It absolutely IS NOT.

"Karon Blake then [b]ran in Lewis’s direction and Lewis fired two shots into Karon[/b]’s left side, killing him." -- https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/guilty-verdict-man-who-killed-13-year-old-karon-blake

You can see the teen running full bore at Lewis in this video. Lewis stood at the end of his 10x10 foot brick patio, ie, his property, and shot at Blake as Blake ran toward him at full speed. The shot hit Blake mid-stride when he was within yards of Lewis' patio, however he had not yet reached the patio where Lewis stood.  Evidently, a DC jury needs you to wait patiently until the young criminals cross the threshold of your home until you defend yourself.

https://www.fox5dc.com/video/1174695

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Right, but first Mr. Lewis left the safety of his home in order to confront a group of kids who were allegedly trying car doors to either rifle the contents or steal them (not carjacking, FWIW). He had the opportunity to call the police from the safety of his home and did not. He chose an armed confrontation.

It's actually pretty common to be found guilty if you choose to arm yourself, choose to leave the safety of your home, and choose to engage in an altercation.

The fact that the kid was 13 only added to the baffling nature of Mr. Lewis's choice to leave his home to confront him.  [/quote]

So you should not go yell at teens breaking into your car at 3 am?  Just watch and wait?  Like a tumor?

The fact that the kid was 13 is why the jury convicted the homeowner.  Not because of the facts.[/quote]

He shot at them.  That’s entirely different from yelling at someone.[/quote]

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