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All comes down to facts. Was the crossbow loaded? If not, is a crossbow by itself a deadly weapon (as a bludgeon)? For me, the "child's bedroom at 3 am" is enough. Dust him. You should also consider that cops tend to over-charge, for various reasons. They can always reduce or drop the...

Part of the problem is that there is no generally agreed definition of "terrorism." I think a good-enough stab at it is "illegal violence by non-state actors against innocent civilians to coerce governments into political changes." The terrorism is "state-sponsored" if it is substantially...

Aaaand a caveat. . . I'm going with the English common law on this. Various jurisdictions with English common law-derived legal systems have, by legislation or precedents in their own courts, modified the doctrines in various ways.

Oh, right. I was going with the "war crimes" and "crimes against humanity" specified in the ICC warrant. As opposed to the "some asswit in Saskatchewan" charges. Let's see if I can pull it all together. How's this? "The International Criminal Court (ICC) has issued arrest warrants for...

Actually, "internationally wanted war criminals" would be more precise, but ain't that a touch nit-picky?

Also, generally, self-defence is a common-law concept that has been codified or not in various jurisdictions. Blackstone wrote "self-defence is a right that predates all positive law." The standard is that the accused must have reasonably believed that he was under a threat of imminent bodily...

By the way, down hereabouts at least the "breaking" in B&E is "any unauthorized action needed to gain access." People have been convicted of "breaking" that consisted of nothing but pushing open a door that was ajar.

15 kilotons nominal yield. 15,000 tons. Times six. I know for you that equals whatever bullshit you feel like putting on the internet, but to sane people it's 90,000.

I don't like the AR action. My rifle has the P90 action. I also have four handguns and my "fun gun," a carbine that's a pistol with an extended barrel and a folding stock in 5.7mm. It's my fun gun cuz the mag holds 50. I cut down a couple of years ago.

Depends on what happened inside, if anything. Robbery is "theft by force or threat of force." We don't know from what's presented above whether the burglar managed to get a threat or demand out before the owner clocked him. But I'd say his intent to commit a felony was pretty clear.

The B&E was light. Classically, that's burglary, which is "breaking and entering a building with the intent of committing a felony therein." It's a felony, where B&E is usually a misdemeanor.

The "castle doctrine" is a matter of state law, and varies from state to state. For example, in Maryland and many other states, one can only use deadly force in in-home self defense if no safe exit is possible. This is called the "duty to retreat." It's not as bad as it seems. Usually, if...

The AR-15 was part of a competition between Colt Firearms and Ruger Firearms to provide the Army a new standard rifle to replace the M14 of the Korean War. Ruger produced the "mini-14," a smaller, lighter version of the M14, but lost to Colt's Armalite design. The military rifle, which has a...

Apparently, she laughed when Robert Kennedy the Lesser told her that wearing red and drinking unpasteurized milk prevents measles. Yep, she thought he was joking.

They better give Trump 10% of their company. That'll clear it up.

Yeah, petros. Do the Dew, you silly bastard! Some guy in his basement making a Youtube video has the REAL story!

Wait. . . ninety thousand TONS of HE?

And serve the beer in cups. Small cups.

You'll know you've proved petros wrong when he goes on to raving about something else.

Down with peace n' love! Down a little more. . . about an inch to the left. . . my left, not yours. . . right there! Oh, yeah!