I wonder what will happen when two people claim Stand Your Ground on each other? Or does somebody have to call dibs on the ground?
Heh. Well if each person was afraid of the other person, I guess it'd be legal for each person to shoot the other.
That's insane troll logic!
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tommyrot - Jul 16, 2013 7:17:03 am PDT #29353 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Tom Scola - Jul 16, 2013 7:18:53 am PDT #29354 of 30001
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It's only legal if they slap each other with their gauntlets first.
brenda m - Jul 16, 2013 7:19:15 am PDT #29355 of 30001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
That's basically happened - there was at least one shoot out (i.e., dozens of bullets flying) and one person killed where noone could be charged at all because both sides claimed SD/SYG and it couldn't be proven who fired first. In Florida, natch.
brenda m - Jul 16, 2013 7:22:01 am PDT #29356 of 30001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
This is what really terrifies me - the confluence of the complete failure of any kind of gun control whatsoever with the simultaneous movement to add one more situation after another where it's a-ok to kill someone for the slightest of reasons. One or the other is bad enough - the two together are just a ghastly proposition.
Amy - Jul 16, 2013 7:22:50 am PDT #29357 of 30001
Because books.
both sides claimed SD/SYG and it couldn't be proven who fired first. In Florida, natch
That's terrifying.
tommyrot - Jul 16, 2013 7:26:39 am PDT #29358 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
This is what really terrifies me - the confluence of the complete failure of any kind of gun control whatsoever with the simultaneous movement to add one more situation after another where it's a-ok to kill someone for the slightest of reasons. One or the other is bad enough - the two together are just a ghastly proposition.
Yeah. Plus right-wing paranoia that "Obama's gonna take all our guns", resulting in huge increases in handgun sales and concealed-carry permits.
Gudanov - Jul 16, 2013 7:28:34 am PDT #29359 of 30001
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both sides claimed SD/SYG and it couldn't be proven who fired first. In Florida, natch
So if Joe Biden and Ben Bernanke want to man up and do a replay of Burr/Hamilton, then they should take care of business in Florida.
Connie Neil - Jul 16, 2013 7:33:13 am PDT #29360 of 30001
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One hopes Darwinism begins to come into play, and the most rabid loony tunes will remove themselves from the field.
Trudy Booth - Jul 16, 2013 7:36:04 am PDT #29361 of 30001
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I wonder what will happen when two people claim Stand Your Ground on each other? Or does somebody have to call dibs on the ground?
The living one has dibs.
Gudanov - Jul 16, 2013 7:42:51 am PDT #29362 of 30001
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It'll be interesting to see what happens with the trial of Micheal Dunn, also in Florida, also for killing a 17-year old unarmed Black teenager. I'm sure SYG will end up being the defense.