You Be The Judge And Jury
December 11th, 2006 . by Tom Remington
Here’s a chance for you to be the judge and jury. Granted, the only information you are going to have comes from this story in the DesMoines Register.
Kevin Kelly is a tree farmer. Deer eat his trees threatening to put him out of business. He claims the government (DNR) won’t take care of thinning the deer herd around his farm so he thins them himself. He has been trying for a few years now to be charged with the illegal shooting of the deer so the matter will end up in the courts and be straightened out once and for all.
Kelly basically claims this.
“The right of defense of person and property is a constitutional right and is recognized in the construction of all statutes,” the Supreme Court wrote in that Pottawattamie County case. “If in this case it was reasonably necessary for the defendant to kill the deer in question in order to prevent substantial injury to his property, such fact, we have no doubt would afford justification for the killing.”
The DNR says not so fast.
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http://mainehuntingtoday.com/bbb/?p=1373
