Juli Pelaez Calderon said she is in an unknown warehouse with many other and believes her captors are bounty hunters, she said during a recent phone call to family.
  • A South Los Angeles community activist, Yuriana Juliana “Juli” Pelaez Calderon, was reportedly “abducted” by men in an unmarked car on June 25.
  • Community leaders are demanding information on her whereabouts and access to an attorney, stating outrage over her detention.
  • Calderon was able to make a phone call, indicating she is in an unknown warehouse with many others, and believes her captors are bounty hunters.
  • jimjam5@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    I’m no attorney and (luckily) have never been in a situation where I’ve had to use my firearm in defense of my life. But I will say, it depends on the circumstances. In Texas (and other states I’m sure), we are encouraged to only use firearms as a last resort of defense and in a situation where any other action would likely or reasonably result in our death (apart from maybe your home, castle doctrine). So out in public, it would be tricky to justify the use of deadly force where you might otherwise have had the option of running away from your alleged captors, calling local law enforcement, or some other course of action.

    If you do survive the encounter, you will see the inside of a courtroom and I have a feeling the proceedings will be biased against you.

    That being said, a few tips:

    1. get in range time
    2. don’t miss
    3. don’t shoot anyone from behind
    4. you shouldn’t want to murder people, but if you do open fire, make sure they can’t take legal action against you afterwards…
    5. be able to explain exactly why you did what you did, and in response to questions like “why did you shoot this person?” be sure to avoid phrases like “I had to kill them”