Exercising The Right
“God Bless America and the Second Amendment”
Fox10 reported on May 14 out of Scottsdale, Arizona, about a deadly encounter in a mansion that left the homeowner praising both God and the Second Amendment. The homeowner, a successful local urologist named Aaron LaTowsky, granted an on-camera interview to Fox10 in which he recounted the details of what transpired. Dr. LaTowsky said he was outside his house doing some work on an accessory structure when his dog’s barking alerted him that something was amiss. The doctor entered the house and saw that one of his side doors was open, and he heard the family dog barking at his daughter’s room.
Dr. LaTowsky grabbed a loaded shotgun and went to investigate the source of his dog’s barking, while the rest of his family remained fast asleep. LaTowsky entered his daughter’s room, and from out of the darkness a naked man wearing a mask over his face jumped out at him. He told Fox10 that the intruder “basically was lunging at me, so it was very quick…. He had his hands in the air. I could see something dark or black coming at me, and again it was very, very close, so I fired almost immediately.” The suspect was mortally wounded from two shotgun blasts, and his body was discovered at the scene by responding officers. Detectives are still investigating, but the incident appears to be a straightforward case of justifiable homicide. Dr. LaTowsky concluded the interview by telling Fox10 that he was extremely grateful that he was able to be armed to so that he could defend his loved ones: “God Bless America and the Second Amendment…. Glad I was able to protect my family.”
Do Criminals Forfeit the Right to Self-defense?
The South Bend Tribune reported out of Indiana on May 17 about an interesting case that tests a unique exception to Indiana’s self-defense laws. The underlying details involved a 19-year-old by the name of Kyle Doroszko, who used a gun in self-defense against another teen who was robbing him. What makes Doroszko’s case something other than simply justified use of force is that Doroszko was allegedly selling marijuana to the deceased suspect at the time of the attempted burglary.
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