Gun Control & RKBA
Related: About this forumState high court to rule: Does 'stand your ground' protect felons who shoot?
Justices agreed this week to hear the case of Brian Bragdon, who was charged in Palm Beach County with two counts of attempted first-degree murder, shooting into an occupied vehicle, discharging a firearm from a vehicle and being a felon in possession of a firearm, according to court documents.
According to the Palm Beach Post, Bragdon was arrested in 2012 after he shot another man outside a strip club in suburban West Palm Beach.
An arrest affidavit, the newspaper reported, showed Bragdon and a group of other patrons got involved in a fight inside the club. The altercation continued outside and investigators said they later found 40 shell casings.
http://www.tampabay.com/news/courts/state-high-court-to-rule-does-stand-your-ground-protect-felons-who-shoot/2187242
Duckhunter935
(16,974 posts)I would hope they would be barred from that defense since they are prohibited persons
Care to abide by the group SOP and discuss your post? You are a host of a groups and ignore the SOP and should know better.
Secular has hundreds of posts in this group without comment or discussion in the post with other members. Violating the SOP
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Discuss gun politics, gun control laws, the Second Amendment, the use of firearms for self-defense, and the use of firearms to commit crime and violence.
intaglio
(8,170 posts)Do you object to that?
Duckhunter935
(16,974 posts)Yes I think he does not abide by the stated SOP
It might be different if he actually responded to the posts he makes when others comment. See how many time in the several hundred posts that Secular has posted in this group, his favorite group he has actually discussed the topic he posted about with other members.
In my opinion it is just Google cut and paste spam but the nice host here allows Secular to keep posting unlike Secular's group that blocks any posters they do not agree with them.
intaglio
(8,170 posts)Your point is?
Many groups have similar statements of purpose and all understand that people post articles and blog posts without comment to which group members can reply.
My opinion of the OP is that under a strict interpretation Bragdon has a point. Imagine he picked up a gun offered to him, or previously dropped by a companion, to defend himself is he not entitled to use the "stand your ground" defense? Does the fact of Blagdon being a felon previously allow others to declare open season on him?
Duckhunter935
(16,974 posts)I then answered your question which was off the topic of the OP.
Duckhunter935
(16,974 posts)and just how did you come to that conclusion?
from the linked story, never just picked up a gun but fired frrom a car and shot a person in the back
Bragdon argued that he fired the gun while trying to defend himself and sought to get the charges dismissed under "stand your ground."
blueridge3210
(1,401 posts)That in order to claim a "stand your ground" defense one could not be breaking the law at the time. According to the report Bragdon was involved in an accurate, which is unlawful. He may still be able to claim self defense even if denied his "stand your ground" claim.
The Green Manalishi
(1,054 posts)WRT being a prohibited person.
Then give him a fair trail after he serves his sentence. Hopefully in a few decades.
But then I would support automatic life in prison with no parole of for *ANY* crime involving the use of any firearm.
Jenoch
(7,720 posts)to 'stand his/her ground' by using a firearm in self-defense then the law needs to be rewritten to disallow such actions. The felon should still be prosecuted for illegal possession of a firearm, firing it in self-defense notwithstanding.
intaglio
(8,170 posts)Think about it.
Jenoch
(7,720 posts)What has changed? It is illegal for a felon to possess a firearm. Are you in favor of changing that law so that it is not illegal for a felon to possess firearms?
gejohnston
(17,502 posts)all of the same rules apply as Duty to Retreat. Outside of being expected to retreat if you can (and only if you can in complete safety). Reading the article, what it is really about is does someone who is prohibited from possessing a firearm allowed to defend themselves with a firearm. While self defense, anywhere, can not be claimed if you are engaged in criminal activity. In this case, carrying the gun is the only criminal act. It does not say what the previous conviction was of. For all we know it was for insider trading or pot possession 35 years ago.
Personally, this is where I agree with Canada's gun laws. Unless it was a violent crime, you may legally own a gun again once you do your time.