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In reply to the discussion: What I've learned from the Zimmerman/Martin incident [View all]lunatica
(53,410 posts)8. It's OK to shoot someone in self defense but not OK to hit them in self defense.
And that he who has the gun is right.
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K and R!!! The accused also did everything wrong and broke all kinds of rules in the process
Quixote1818
May 2012
#3
It's OK to shoot someone in self defense but not OK to hit them in self defense.
lunatica
May 2012
#8
you can just click the facebook like button at the end of the OP and I think it posts to FB
Voice for Peace
May 2012
#19
Make sure you shoot to kill when you confront a Skittels and tea bearing teen
bottomofthehill
May 2012
#16
If you have posted a "provocative" image of self on Facebook, then you "had it coming".
NYC_SKP
May 2012
#20
Beauty like suspicion is in the eye of the beholder. Z's record shows him to have a bad eye.
freshwest
May 2012
#36
Anyone is capable of beating anyone else to death with even just a single blow.
patrice
May 2012
#40
That's my point in bringing it up. We are supposed to believe that Z was in fear of
patrice
May 2012
#42
+1, the killer got scared after chasing someone with a loaded gun so....you know /saracasm
uponit7771
May 2012
#51
Here's one for all the Faux News lovers - if the left says guilty, the right MUST say innocent
ScottLand
May 2012
#46
Its OK for a man to chase a black male but if the person was female the chase itself is an assualt
uponit7771
May 2012
#52
People who have been chased by strange men decide to go back and ambush their pursuer....
Tommy_Carcetti
May 2012
#54