Double Action only guns

"Charged? How about Convicted? You can be 'charged' with most anything. Being found guilty is a whole different story."

I wouldn't want to lose my job and my home fighting those charges either.

I don't see any problem with a cocked 1911 because that's the way it's designed to be used. That said, I usually carry a DAO revolver or a DAO Glock, and they're both good self defense guns. And I don't see any point in cocking a revolver or a double action autoloader in a defensive situation anyway, so I consider it to be a moot point.
 
If I remember right, the cop was found guilty and went to jail
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Just because he cocked his revolver? Were there other things that came into play? Let's have the whole story, not just some "byte" that sensationalizes it. (Like our News Media loves to do.)
 
Don't know how I might be so uninformed, but I've never heard of all the problems that one might incurr by using s.a. for self-defense. How about posting some case law cites, so that I might indulge in some self-edification?
 
Here's a few related ones...
People v Magliato
in Canada, Crown vs. Gossett.
Kentucky vs. Rucker
Georgia vs. Crumbley
Florida vs. Alvarez
 
I'll try to check out the relevant cases. Don't consider Canadian as relevant. I don't use s.a. for anything, but was just curious, as the concept seems nonsensical, unless it's alleged that the shooter accidentally pulled the trigger.
 
Ausser,

That is one of the situations:
1) guns put into SA that fire accidentally (Magliato), where an accidental discharge negates the self-defense justification (NY)
2)shooters ACCUSED of cocking their guns to SA (whether they did/could or not) in order to get a conviction of some sort ie. 'hair trigger' = accidental fire = negligent manslaughter vs murder (Alvarez, Crumbley, Rucker)
 
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