Re: OT - Sarrasota - Strange Days Indeed

["tourman" <robercampbell@xxxxxxxxx>]

Well, as I understand Florida law (not too well but well enough), an
owner of a property is entitled to use deadly force to protect
themselves against intruders forcing themselves into a home or
automobile. And with most people (or a high percentage) owning
sidearms, and with one in 17 people in Florida having a license to
carry a concealed weapon, I imagine these deputies should be thanking
their lucky stars they are still alive.

I certainly wouldn't condone the actions of either "side" here, but
the whole thing sounds like a recipe for disaster that luckily didn't
happen.

I plan to buy property here in Florida soon and I look forward to
living in a place where I don't have to put up with the sheer anti-gun
stupidity of the paranoid Canadian gun hating authorities( who make it
extremely difficult to engage in the legal shooting sports in Canada).

Just an aside....

RHC

On Mar 21, 11:10 am, "Robert L Bass" <no-sales-spam@bassburglaralarms>
wrote:
> > Hey Robert, Is this guy one of your neighbors?
>
> No, but I'd be happy to know him if he was.  He defended his wife and his home against two armed, violent felons.  It will be
> interesting to learn how the sheriff's department handles those felons next.  They say they're "investigating" them but the
> department made no attempt to intercede on behalf of Coffin while he was being tried -- even though they knew he was innocent.
>
> FTR, I generally respect police officers.  They do a dangerous, often thankless job to make us safe and our communities better
> places to live.  However, these two officers committed a criminal assault against Coffin's wife.  They also burglarized his home.
> They continued by assaulting John Coffin twice with a taser.
>
> When Coffin heard his wife (who had done nothing wrong at all) screaming in pain inside his garage, he ran to her aid.  He bravely
> fought off two attackers.  He and his wife could have easily been killed.
>
> Although the SA claimed the thing could have ended peacefully had he "cooperated," the two off duty officers had already broken
> several laws by the time he realized they were inside his home (unlawfully).  His wife was already screaming in pain -- pinned to
> the floor with her wrist being bent backward.  What he saw was not two police officers making an arrest.  He saw two people
> attacking his wife -- that is all.  What would you have done?  I'd have tried my best to stop them but I doubt I've come out on top.
> The difference is Coffin is a very strong man.
>
> BTW, from what people are saying around town, he's become something of a local hero.