Excellent research. It will be interesting if and how these laws come into play in this case.
Has GK's attorney already invoked any defense on the basis of a general stand your ground type of scenario? If so, I've missed it & need to catch up.
MOO
So far, this appears to be Mr. K's defense as of 2/22;
It states that he saw an AK47 pointed at him. I have not seen, exactly, what kind of rifle Mr. K had. Maybe I've missed it. If Mr. K had an AK47 himself, then the shot range would be around 900 or so feet. I've tried to narrow this down but the links are at the bottom if needed.
Mr. K, had completed chores on his ranch near Kino Springs earlier that day and came to his house to have lunch with his wife when he heard a single gunshot as they ate,
Kelly’s court-appointed attorney, Brenna Larkin, wrote in a recent court filing obtained by Fox News Digital. In the filing earlier this month, Larkin detailed how Kelly contacted
Border Patrol’s Ranch Liaison several times on Jan. 30, including when the rancher's dogs brought Kelly’s attention to the deceased man on his property later that evening.
The defense says Kelly does not believe any of the warning shots fired from his rifle "could have possibly hit the person or caused the death".
Kelly called the U.S. Border Patrol ranch liaison, specifically assigned to aid people living on borderlands, to report what he had seen and "to summon immediate help," Larkin wrote. Kelly reported that he heard a single shot and that the men he had seen were armed
Kelly went onto his porch with his rifle. "The leader of the armed group of men saw Mr. Kelly and pointed an AK-47 right at him," Larkin wrote. Mr. K, fearing for his life and safety, fired several shots from his rifle, hoping to scare the group away.
The filing notes Kelly had a second conversation with the
Border Patrol ranch liaison that ended at approximately 2:36 p.m. Even though Kelly reported that he heard a single shot and that the men he had seen were armed, the liaison "incorrectly reported" that Kelly stated he could not tell whether the men were armed or not, Larkin wrote. The radio dispatch to the Border Patrol agents en route to the property at approximately 2:40 p.m. "correctly reported that armed men had been seen in the area."
Mr. K’s wife indicated that she had seen armed men carrying large backpacks near the house, Larkin wrote.
Border Patrol agents and sheriff's deputies walked "all over" Kelly’s property but found no one, the filing says. They also used various cameras to try to locate the men but were unsuccessful. Law enforcement then left.
Mr. K walked out near sundown to check on his horse and property. Noticing that the dogs he took with him were focused on something on the ground near a mesquite tree, Kelly approached the area and "observed a body lying face down in the grass," Larkin wrote.
Mr. K called the Border Patrol ranch liaison a third time to report the discovery of the body, and request assistance from law enforcement. When law enforcement arrived, Kelly helped them find the body and cooperated with their investigation, according to Larkin.
The investigation found that the body was that of a male "foreign national" who did not have any firearms or backpack on him. The cause of death appeared to be a single gunshot wound, and it appeared the body was fresh, according to the filing. "The person [had] a radio with him, and he was wearing tactical boots, indicating he was possibly involved in illegal activity," Larkin wrote.
The defense attorney added that it remains unknown what kind of bullet caused the fatal wound, what was the time of death, how long the body had been there or where and what position the person was in prior to receiving the fatal wounds.
AK47:
The AK-47 is the deadliest weapon ever built, on the whole. Today's AKs are actually AKMs (modernized) and variations on the AKM. Everyone will still refer to it as an AK-47 or simply "AK" -- because it sounds cool. The weapon uses a 7.62mm, high-velocity round that can "destroy whole areas of a body,"
according to New York City trauma surgeons. They shatter bones, tear through organs and liquefy other materials as the round tumbles through the body -- often in ways that cannot be repaired.
The weapon uses a 7.62mm, high-velocity round that can "destroy whole areas of a body,"
according to New York City trauma surgeons. They shatter bones, tear through organs and liquefy other materials as the round tumbles through the body -- often in ways that cannot be repaired.
Before a judge upheld $1 million bond for Arizona rancher George Alan Kelly, charged with murder in the shooting of a Mexican national, defense cited the Alec Baldwin case.
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George Alan Kelly, a rancher charged with first-degree murder in the shooting of a Mexican national, allegedly fired "warning shots" after armed men "pointed an AK-47 right at him."
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The AK-47 is the most widespread weapon in the world. It's also the most asked-about.
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