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In reply to the discussion: Mother arrested for firing gun in the air to get attackers off her daughter [View all]Decaffeinated
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Mother arrested for firing gun in the air to get attackers off her daughter [View all]
davidn3600
Oct 2013
OP
False equivalency. Stopping an ongoing assault is not "vigilante justice."
AnotherMcIntosh
Oct 2013
#15
Unless she felt she *had* to shoot someone, she shouldn't have drawn the weapon at all.
moriah
Oct 2013
#88
Good...there's a reason why people aren't allowed to shoot guns into the air...
joeybee12
Oct 2013
#7
Honestly, its easy to cite correct action after the fact. And I do understand her reaction.
1000words
Oct 2013
#23
She probably was not comforted watching the Missouri teen go for two years after being raped,
libdem4life
Oct 2013
#45
Unless you are forced to shoot an attacker to save innocent life, it needs to stay in the holster.
Skeeter Barnes
Oct 2013
#52
She needs to get pepper spray and leave the kid at home if she insists on confronting people she
Skeeter Barnes
Oct 2013
#59
She shought a confrontation knowing she was armed. It led to a very dangerous situation
Skeeter Barnes
Oct 2013
#64
I'm not the one who has to edit my post so it doesn't even resemble it's original content.
Skeeter Barnes
Oct 2013
#78
And none of them have to do with anything I've said. You deliberately make false accusations
Skeeter Barnes
Oct 2013
#83
So as long as a driver goes speeding down the wrong side of the highway...
Decaffeinated
Oct 2013
#81
Yeah, grab a gun and your kid and deliberately seek out a confrontation with someone you've argued
Skeeter Barnes
Oct 2013
#55
That makes no sense at all. I never said one thing was equivalent to another.
Skeeter Barnes
Oct 2013
#58
Now's the time for her to keep her mouth shut. Let her attorney demand that the police prove that
AnotherMcIntosh
Oct 2013
#93