Gun Control

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  1. red55

    red55 curmudgeon Staff Member

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    You have a right to shoot in self defense, but shooting a man that is down on the ground and no longer a threat is a red flag for a presecutor, especially if someone was stealing from him and not threatening his life.

    I like automatics. Get off three rounds before they hit the ground.
     
  2. tirk

    tirk im the lyrical jessie james

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    was a hypothetical. you should be able to explode his head like a grapefruit then punt it across the room if he enters your home.
     
  3. shane0911

    shane0911 Helping lost idiots find their village

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    But if it went all exploded grapefruit would there really be anything there to punt? Gray matter maybe? I see you working and I'm with you, I'm just not sure how this would work.
     
  4. tirk

    tirk im the lyrical jessie james

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    well there would still be part of the head left like a deflated balloon. you could kind of throw it with your foot to your dog or play partner.
     
  5. shane0911

    shane0911 Helping lost idiots find their village

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    The "REAL" problem is those damn video cameras
     
  6. KyleK

    KyleK Who, me? Staff Member

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    I'm thinking temporary sanity should be a good enough defense.
     
  7. OkieTigerTK

    OkieTigerTK Tornado Alley

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    i was surprised the jury didnt give him a lesser sentence and conviction such as manslaughter. but after all the evidence, the jury went murder. (given what i know, i think my vote would have been the lesser charge of manslaughter, because at that point it was not self defense.)

    they saw the video, i havent. i would guess that the video is what did it. i can understand the charges by the da if going strictly by the law. but given the jury also had the option of a lesser crime in their conviction, and didnt hand down that, something about the evidence as a whole really swayed them.
     
  8. KyleK

    KyleK Who, me? Staff Member

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    Hopefully you caught that I said temporary sanity, not insanity. I was talking about the jury and/or judge. They should see that it never would have happened had the POS not started this. Dude merely finished it. Get a few more juries to think sanely and maybe we get a few less low lifes trying to hold people up.
     
  9. mobius481

    mobius481 Registered Member

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    I agree. You break into someone's home, and all bets are off.
     
  10. tirk

    tirk im the lyrical jessie james

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    We need to enact a law guilty by reason of insanity. Change this thing back in favor of the victims.
     

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