On Sat, 29 Sep 2012 10:06:13 -0700, Califbill wrote:


The report said a knife. As to being shot. Did you go out late at
night when you were 15, dressed in black with a black head covering?
Looks like a duck, quacks like a duck, probably is a duck. Did not
really need a weapon,
but something shiny in the hands of a person dressed as a cat burglar in
the middle of the night, should be assumed to be a weapon.

However, Connecticut is a Castle Doctrine state not a Stand Your Ground
state. Without the knife, you have a duty to retreat. With the knife,
it's self defense. When you go outside the safety of your home, with a
gun, you run the risk.


http://www.cga.ct.gov/2007/rpt/2007-r-0052.htm