Legal Notes

An ad Popped up on my Computer.

It showed a Missouri Highway Patrolman questioning a man’s concealed carry license. He calls it in and is told that it is good and valid in all 50 states. The patrolman complains that his wife has been on a waiting list for months. The ad is FRAUDLULENT. There is no such law allowing carry in all 50 states and no waiting list.

do not shoot a fleeing felon

Read the title of this note again. Read it slowly. Memorize it. Tattoo it on your eyelids if necessary. I don’t care what he has done. More importantly, the law does not care what he has done. He may be a drug dealing, child molesting, murdering, nazi war criminal who supports the Kansas football program. You cannot shoot a fleeing felon.

stand your ground

A client told me of approaching a police car with a question. The officer told him to step back from the car. The client was outraged by the demand because he had a right to STAND HIS GROUND. We have a stand your ground law in Missouri; but that is not what it says. The law is limited to cases of self-defense. It is not so much a law as the absence of a law.