Here's a story you would have to live to decide what you would do.
Read the story and you decide what you would have done(maybe).
A Rochester man accused of shooting another city man in the abdomen last night during a road-rage incident pleaded not guilty in City Court today.
Craig S. Hasman, 50, of Lake Avenue was charged with second-degree assault, a felony, according to City Court records.
The arrest followed an incident that involved two vehicles — a motorcycle and a minivan — that were both southbound on Lake when the motorcyclist and the driver of the minivan started arguing near Driving Park Avenue, said Rochester Police Officer Stephen Scott.
When both vehicles stopped at a red light at Lyell Avenue about 9 p.m., Scott said, passenger Michael Lee, 30, of Rochester got out of the minivan and approached the motorcyclist, Hasman, and punched him in the head, knocking him off the cycle.
Hasman is accused of retrieving his legally registered handgun and shooting Lee once in the abdomen.
Lee was taken to Strong Memorial Hospital, where he had surgery last night, officers said. He was listed in satisfactory condition today, according to a hospital spokeswoman.
According to the passenger on the motorcycle and the minivan’s driver — neither of whom were involved in the physical fight — Lee and Hasman were fighting about tailgating.
“It appears to be an incident of aggressive driving,” Scott said. The minivan was following the motorcycle on Lake Avenue and the involved men were yelling at each other from their respective vehicles, he said.
Teresa Mancuso, the passenger on Hasman’s motorcycle, told police that the minivan was tailgating the motorcycle before the altercation, according to City Court documents. The driver of the minivan, Johndale Hartzog, claimed the motorcyclist accused him of tailgating and threatened him and Lee while both vehicles were still traveling south on Lake.
Scott said officers did not believe Lee and Hasman knew one another.
Hasman today was remanded to the Monroe County Jail in lieu of $10,000 cash bail or $30,000 bond. He is scheduled to return to court to appear with an attorney at 11 a.m. tomorrow.
Officers continue to investigate the incident. Scott said the Monroe County District Attorney’s Office would need to determine whether either man in the van would face charges. From Rochester,NY D&C
I probably would have done to same thing. My wife and I also ride motorcycle. Anytime you have a large vehicle playing games to close it gets very unnerving. To assault someone as the motorcycle rider was assaulted and not be able to defend your self is wrong.It appears that there is no charges placed against the road rage driver and passenger.How assaulted must you be to defend yourself with you legal handgun?
Road rage,Punching ,knocking bike over must not be enough. I'm Sure that Mr. Hasman felt that his life was in danger at the time of shooting the attacker.If you feel your life is in danger or someone else your must have the right to defend yourself and the other person. That is the main reason to you carry your weapons. To defend yourself. Who draws the line in the sand to decide to use deadly force or be hurt or killed.
most people never have to decide this. I feel Mr. Hasman did what any other gun owner would have done in this situation. Defend himself from personal harm or death.
One can only hope that the people (court system) see it as it truly is; self defense and nothing more.
We as gun owners have to support the right to defend ourselves. With the crime that happens in the city of Rochester it's no wonder this type of thing does not happen more. I support the actions of Mr.Hasman 100%.
Best of luck in getting over this mountain.I only hope that I never have to make this kind of choice.The thing is when guns are involved, lives can be changed forever in a blink of an eye.
No matter what you decide about this issue. You could be in that same position at any time in today's world. How would you react?What would have happened if no gun was involved.Somebody stabbed, beat to death.The way I look at it the gun stopped it; good or bad, right or wrong Tough call unless you are there.
Tough call for our justice system to do the right thing.
Pistol permits are a very fragile thing these days. They are ever increasingly harder to obtain.The counties set there own rules on how long you wait.What the guidelines are to get a permit in your county.Wayne county has a new sheriff this means we have a new issuing officer for our permits. New guide lines and staff to process our permit applications. But in Wayne County You can have no problems to stop issue of your permit but you still wait months to hear.Checking the mail daily hoping to hear yes or no. We have a new card permit system here. How this effects the process is yet to be seen. It will make purchases of handguns easier for people that already have permits. But I am sure it will not change the issuance of new permits. Our county is slowing down issuing concealed carry permits. Making it even harder to get CC permits anymore.Because remember New York CC Means you must conceal your weapon.So if you have your permit Protect your right to keep it.
Some Links to read more.
http://www.13wham.com/news/local/story/Road-Rage-Suspect-s-Side-of-the-Story/Xkfsnnue50q640O6jn7egw.cspx?rss=509 Mr. Hasman side of the story
http://www.13wham.com ( Information complaint)
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