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In reply to the discussion: NRA and GOP Utopia: Dismantle Government and Take Law into Your Hands thru 'Stand Your Ground Laws' [View all]gejohnston
(17,502 posts)232. you have it backwards
in SYG, the state has the burden to prove it was murder and not self defense. In duty to retreat, the burden of proof is on the individual to prove it was self defense and not murder.
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NRA and GOP Utopia: Dismantle Government and Take Law into Your Hands thru 'Stand Your Ground Laws' [View all]
fightthegoodfightnow
Mar 2012
OP
while you seem to have sympathy for your own plight your empathy for other's situations, I am having
Tuesday Afternoon
Mar 2012
#94
Which doesn't mean shit to the person being beaten to death in an alley. n/t
PavePusher
Mar 2012
#78
A problem can arise when there are only two people in a self defense incident ...
spin
Mar 2012
#173
According to numerous court cases they don't have a responsibility to protect you.
GreenStormCloud
Mar 2012
#7
laughing, darling, laughing on a PUBLIC message board. you understand that much, right?
Tuesday Afternoon
Mar 2012
#103
the Second Ammendment is one of the Cornerstones of Our Constitution.
Tuesday Afternoon
Mar 2012
#110
So, by virtue of their failure to protect, the police are immoral and failed their responsibilities.
PavePusher
Mar 2012
#85
Unless you're suggesting that the "reasonable man" standard shouldn't be applied w/o a witness...
beevul
Mar 2012
#135
There's a lot of truth in that. It's going to be ugly if we have a national disaster with all the
Hoyt
Mar 2012
#51
I would hope you wouldn't approach an unlikely situation with a military type barrage of bullets.
Hoyt
Mar 2012
#74
Exactly. Makes me think those fleeing NOrleans to Gretna might have been worse off if they made it.
Hoyt
Mar 2012
#66
The conversation had diverged into Post-Katrina NOLA, and Hoyt's acceptance..
X_Digger
Mar 2012
#207
Yes I do. If those people escaping NOrleans had gone into the racist town of Gretna, they would
Hoyt
Mar 2012
#152
Nope, leaders told the police to keep them from crossing the bridge though they were dehydrated and
Hoyt
Mar 2012
#188
I know right wingers all over this country were enjoying watching people dying in NO. And I know
Hoyt
Mar 2012
#192
Two of your bigotted shtick comments in one post, you should have tried for the trifecta
rl6214
Mar 2012
#197
"without just compensation" -- ring a bell? You'll notice those words in post #95. n/t
X_Digger
Mar 2012
#122
So tell me what would be your"utopia", and how would you go about forming it?
oneshooter
Mar 2012
#140
NOTICE HOW GUN AVOCATES FOLLOW GOP MANTRA THAT ONLY THEY CAN DO WHAT THE GOVT CAN'T OR SHOULDN'T
fightthegoodfightnow
Mar 2012
#181
We don't say ONLY we can do it, just that the GOVT should not be the ONLY one that can do it.
Atypical Liberal
Mar 2012
#220