comic boy wrote:Phatscotty wrote:Night Strike wrote:comic boy wrote:Night Strike wrote:ooge wrote:Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. life is more important then your liberty to own a Bazooka. kills on rare occasions?One million Americans killed by gun violence over the same period in which four thousand Americans are killed by terrorist actions.The country sure has gone to great lengths to stop terrorists deaths.
Which is why it's illegal to take away the life of another person.
Except in those States that still operate the Death Penalty and have laughable ' self defence ' laws that allow murderers to walk away laughing .
Self defense isn't murder....it's self defense
If its disproportionate to the level of danger then it should be unlawfull. A guy in Texas saw 2 intruders breaking into a neighbours house , he phoned the cops who told him they were on their way and he should just sit tight. Instead he grabbed his rifle , confronted the burglars , who were not on his property, then shot them both in the back as they ran away.
That was not self defence , it was murder , he was not charged with anything and was interviewed on TV boasting that he was proud of his actions.
Your point only makes sense if it were the case that anyone who claims self defense automatically means beyond a doubt that it is in fact self defense. that isn't the case, but if it were, sure, you would have a point.
Except you don't. All you have is 1 exception to some jackass who was trying to save his own butt anyways he could. That is the actions of the lying jackass, that is not a valid example of self defense
In my state, shooting someone in the back means they were running from you and it's a good chance you will go to jail for a while, depending on the circumstances, of course (which are infinite, but keep picking!)
I remember hearing the audio of that tape, and it didn't sound like self defense to me. But of course, I wasn't there, and I don't know the circumstances of the case, why the charges were dropped (of which there could be many different reasons). But you weren't there either.
In any case, that is a very poor example of self defense, which doesn't actually add anything to the discussion, except to point out an exception, which of course we all agree, every person who says it was self defense doesn't automatically mean it was self defense. so...wtg