Felony hit and run (Procedure questions)

premise said:
I've hit deer and other animals in my lifetime. In all instances, I got out of the vehicle. Sometimes I put them down, or dragged them out of the road, but I always stopped.
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I’ve often wondered, especially living in the city limits.

Would LEO write a ticket for discharging a firearm inside the city limits if they showed up onsite and there was an obvious gunshot wound. Or they pulled up while you had the firearm out. Or witnesses reported it.

Putting it down is obviously the right thing to do...but there aren’t exceptions in the law.
 
BigWaylon said:
I’ve often wondered, especially living in the city limits.

Would LEO write a ticket for discharging a firearm inside the city limits if they showed up onsite and there was an obvious gunshot wound. Or they pulled up while you had the firearm out. Or witnesses reported it.

Putting it down is obviously the right thing to do...but there aren’t exceptions in the law.
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My cousin, an absent member here, was in animal control; police would have to call him to put animals down since they couldn't even discharge their weapons without paperwork and hassle.

I can say, I have put down a wounded animal inside city limits, but I didn't stick around for LEO to show up anyhow. There is the right thing to do, and then there is the "lawful" thing to do.
 
I walk on rural roads and frequently there is no shoulder and the grass next to the road is soggy or full of holes and broken branches and the like. Maybe that was the situation of the woman who was hit. She felt safer on the road that stumbling through the boggy grass next to the road. My reflective vest looks like a neon light in headlights and I imagine hers did too. A mistake people make is not walking facing traffic so you can jump for your life if it comes to that.
 
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