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Gr8Heath

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Medications and Self Defense
« on: July 12, 2011, 02:48:29 PM »
MB brought up a great point in a recent podcast about alcohol and self defense....very valid point, and great advise. Then I started to think....doesn't happen often....I'm handicapped, as are a great many others from this forum. I require medication just to put weight on my legs. it worries me to think of how a jury would look upon people like us if we were to defend ourselves in our homes, or anywhere else for that matter.

Any thoughts?
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GASPASSERDELUXE

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Re: Medications and Self Defense
« Reply #1 on: July 12, 2011, 03:02:43 PM »
If it came down to defending yourself and it wound up in court try to get jurors with some sort of handicap or ones with family members who have them. However I don't think there would be much of a case if say you are confined to a wheelchair for instance and you busted a cap in some azzhole who was trying to mug you. If you are unlucky enough to live in say NJ,NY or CAlif. things may be a litle different.

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Re: Medications and Self Defense
« Reply #2 on: July 12, 2011, 03:14:17 PM »
My guess is that it would depend a lot on the side effects and dosage of said medication.  If you defend yourself in your own home there are already a lot of factors on your side, unless you mistakenly cap your neighbor that was coming over to check on you.   :-[
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Re: Medications and Self Defense
« Reply #3 on: July 12, 2011, 03:36:00 PM »
With the number of elderly or otherwise ailing people who have defended themselves , I'm sure there are precedents already set that any decent lawyer could refer to.
If you are defending yourself in your own home it is extremely unlikely that your medications will have any bearing on the case unless there are complicating factors, such as a miss that injures some one else.
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Re: Medications and Self Defense
« Reply #4 on: July 12, 2011, 03:42:53 PM »
Talk to your doctor and attorney (in that order) in plain simple vocabulary with clear concerns.
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Gr8Heath

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Re: Medications and Self Defense
« Reply #5 on: July 12, 2011, 03:45:35 PM »
Not wheelchair bound quite yet, unless i'm in Wally World. Then i'll use one of those buggies...My meds have a bad reputation, because of stupid people who abuse them. Working in healthcare as I do, I know every medication has an effect on the human body, one form or another. However, given the dose and length of time i've been on them, I can say they do not impair my mental processes. It just concerns me that on THAT day, the prosecutor may use my medical records against me.. But that is a whole other topic. My MD is comfortable with it, my attorney says not to worry. I trust only one of them!
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Re: Medications and Self Defense
« Reply #6 on: July 12, 2011, 03:47:14 PM »
Like the others have said, if you are in your own home, I wouldn't think you would have anything major to fear if the shooting/defense was justifiable.
Depending on the circumstances and the lawyers involved, a SD situation outside the home where prescription drugs might be a factor would come from those with "mood altering" side effects....and even then it might be a stretch.


I have a mile-long list of medications, some are 'must take daily' but most are 'as needed'.....I have researched the side effects and am confident that they would not be a factor. I would advise anyone else to do the same.....but that's just me.
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Re: Medications and Self Defense
« Reply #7 on: July 12, 2011, 03:52:52 PM »
I just knew PEG would show up in this thread. ha ha. ;D
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Re: Medications and Self Defense
« Reply #8 on: July 12, 2011, 04:01:23 PM »
Quote from: Gr8Heath on July 12, 2011, 03:52:52 PM
I just knew PEG would show up in this thread. ha ha. ;D

Was it the "thud-scrub, thud-scrub, thud-scrub" noise coming down the hall from the corner that gave me away?   ;)   ;D
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"I expect perdition, I always have. I keep this building at my back, and several guns handy, in case perdition arrives in a form that's susceptible to bullets. I expect it will come in the disease form, though. I'm susceptible to diseases, and you can't shoot a damned disease." ~ Judge Roy Bean, Streets of Laredo

For the Patriots of this country, the Constitution is second only to the Bible for most. For those who love this country, but do not share my personal beliefs, it is their Bible. To them nothing comes before the Constitution of these United States of America. For this we are all labeled potential terrorists. ~ Dean Garrison

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tombogan03884

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Re: Medications and Self Defense
« Reply #9 on: July 12, 2011, 04:09:22 PM »
My Dad is 80, He carries and is also on medications. What is "Hydrocodone"
I'm not sure of the spelling but that is how it sounded over the phone.
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