After Kansas Signed A Controversial Gun Law the Unthinkable

[mmckee1952]

2 Weeks After Kansas Signed A Controversial Gun Law the Unthinkable Happened
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The law provided people in Kansas the ability to carry concealed without a permit, a law detractors said would clearly increase gun violence.
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In fact, the opposite appears to be true.
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Young, dumb criminals broke into a sporting goods store and were stopped in the parking lot by a man who took advantage of the newly enacted law.
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Which should make it so liberals tuck their tails and run home in embarrassment.
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Kansas man credits new carry law for allowing him to thwart robbery
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The armed citizen who stopped a group of armed teens from robbing a sporting goods store in Topeka credits a recently enacted carry law for his good deed.
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Joey Tapley, 24, said he was at the gun counter inside the Academy Sports on Friday buying bullets when he heard loud banging. When he turned to see what the commotion was, he noticed two masked men grabbing firearms from the counter.
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The pair were described as white males around 16- or 17-years-old. They were armed with handguns and had their faces covered with bandanas. While the two teen grabbed the guns, a third teen was said to be holding a cashier at gunpoint at the front of the store.
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The teens made their way out the front door with several rifles and an unknown amount of cash to where a fourth person – a female – was waiting for them in the parking lot, but Tapley, who was carrying a legally owned concealed firearm, and several employees followed them.
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Once in the parking lot, Tapley, who said his instincts just took over, pulled out his weapon.
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“I told him drop the gun, man, mine is loaded. Just drop the gun,” Tapley told local news station WIBW. “We made eye contact for a second or two and he dropped two guns and ran.”
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The teens dropped the loot and took off, but a short time later, authorities caught up with them and they were all arrested and booked into the Juvenile Center. The boys were charged with assault, burglary and robbery, while the female was charged with conspiracy to commit aggravated robbery.
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The stolen cash was recovered as well.
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Tapley, who was carrying his handgun without a concealed carry permit, pointed to a recently-enacted state law that allows him to carry in such a manner.
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“That’s why Kansas made the law. So citizens can carry and protect themselves and others,” Tapley said of the legislation that took effect on July 1 after approval from the Kansas governor.
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It’s incredible to see how quickly the act was tested and inspiring to see what happens when people take advantage of their constitutional rights (when they’re protected by state law).
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A similar law passed in Maine, making the grand total of states who allow carry without a permit at 11.
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Liberals have no leg to stand on when they say permit-less concealed carry will increase violence.
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You’ll notice in this story not a single shot was fired and yet a crime was still deterred.
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Remarkable isn’t it?
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Kudos to this man for knowing the law and taking advantage of it.
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[flyingron]

Kudos for this man breaking the law no matter what he believes his "instincts" are. If he'd shot the robbers while they were in the store, that would be justifiable. Chasing after them threatening to shoot them is what we call assault with a deadly weapon and can get you in big trouble regardless of the status of the state's carry laws.

[WRW]

Different State, different laws. Read Kansas 21-5228 use of force law.

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[flyingron]

KSA 51-5228 doesn't say you can use deadly force just because someone is fleeing. One must believe that t such force is necessary to prevent death or great bodily harm to such person or another.

[WRW]

21-5221 defines force:


(2) "Use of deadly force" means the application of any physical force described in paragraph (1) which is likely to cause death or great bodily harm to a person. Any threat to cause death or great bodily harm, including, but not limited to, by the display or production of a weapon, shall not constitute use of deadly force, so long as the actor's purpose is limited to creating an apprehension that the actor will, if necessary, use deadly force in defense of such actor or another or to affect a lawful arrest.

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[wittmeba]

Seems that the perp holding the cashier at gunpoint could have been shot justifiably. If they are running away they are off the hook until caught.