{"id":25584,"date":"2018-10-19T11:00:49","date_gmt":"2018-10-19T16:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hcsblogdotorg.wordpress.com\/?p=25584"},"modified":"2018-10-19T11:00:49","modified_gmt":"2018-10-19T16:00:49","slug":"self-defense-cautionary-tales-is-a-16-hatchet-worth-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/index.php\/2018\/10\/19\/self-defense-cautionary-tales-is-a-16-hatchet-worth-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Self-Defense Cautionary Tales: Is a $16 Hatchet Worth It?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-25585\" src=\"https:\/\/hcsblogdotorg.files.wordpress.com\/2018\/10\/deadly-force.jpg?w=620\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"413\" \/><\/h1>\n<h1 class=\"entry-title\" style=\"text-align:center;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ammoland.com\/2018\/10\/deadly-force-shoplifter-stealing-hatchet\/?utm_source=Ammoland+Subscribers&amp;utm_campaign=a1fd4babf4-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_term=0_6f6fac3eaa-a1fd4babf4-21189761#axzz5UNM6nvgo\">Use of Deadly Force Against Shoplifter Stealing A Hatchet &#8211; Case of the Week<\/a><\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>When it comes to carrying a Firearm for Self-Defense, I think trainers as a whole <strong>DO NOT<\/strong> emphasize the <strong>LEGAL<\/strong>\u00a0implications enough for fear of scaring people away from obtaining their Concealed Carry Licenses.<\/p>\n<p>Regardless, you have to emphasize to a citizen <strong>RIGHT FROM THE START<\/strong> that when they decide to carry a firearm for self-defense they are signing up to fight for their life <strong>TWICE<\/strong>: Once on the street in the actual encounter and Twice in the Courtroom to defend their actions. (I know I say this a lot, but it truly is a genuine piece of<strong> WISDOM<\/strong> in this upside down litigious society in which we live!)<\/p>\n<p><em>Bottom line here folks, a $16 Hatchet is not worth a human life. Neither is your wallet or your wife&#8217;s purse for that matter.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>It would have been different if the guy had the hatchet it in his hand and was threatening the guy, but that was not the case.<\/p>\n<p>All he was doing was attempting to flee with stolen merchandise. $16 worth of stolen merchandise that if you did the math according to most State&#8217;s Penal Codes would amount to\u00a0 Shoplifting, which is a Class B Misdemeanor in most states.<\/p>\n<p>Know the Law, Know your Rights, Act Accordingly or Go to Jail.<\/p>\n<p>Stay Alert, Stay Armed and Stay Dangerous!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Use of Deadly Force Against Shoplifter Stealing A Hatchet &#8211; Case of the Week &nbsp; When it comes to carrying a Firearm for Self-Defense, I think trainers as a whole DO NOT emphasize the LEGAL\u00a0implications enough for fear of scaring people away from obtaining their Concealed Carry Licenses. Regardless, you have to emphasize to a&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[3786,5445,5464,5477,389,390,391,13,74,2086,2045,1405,1928,1635,5549],"tags":[268,5989,5990,470],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25584"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25584"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25584\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25584"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25584"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25584"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}