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In the discussion thread: Neighbors in Newton County, Ga. case are now in jail and have been charged. [View all]

Wed Apr 25, 2012, 02:10 AM

66. In Alabama this would have been legal.

In Alabama you can use deadly force to stop robbery or burglary of any degree, or unlawful or forceful entry into a home.

These guys probably could be reasonably shown to believe that a burglary was taking place.

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Neighbors in Newton County, Ga. case are now in jail and have been charged. [View all]	Kaleva	Apr 2012	OP
No sympathy for these idiots...it wasn't their property, was it?	rfranklin	Apr 2012	#1
I don't have any sympathy for them either.	Kaleva	Apr 2012	#2
I'm not defending these guys but	tularetom	Apr 2012	#3
Well, it was 10 p.m. when they were booked	Kaleva	Apr 2012	#4
If they wanted to post bond, they shouldn't have shown-up at 10 pm when the judge is asleep. n/t	Ian David	Apr 2012	#6
BS. It's not their fault..	TheCowsCameHome	Apr 2012	#8
It also probably took them all day to dig all their guns out of all those holes.	Ian David	Apr 2012	#14
I don't think Georgia has a registration scheme	gejohnston	Apr 2012	#17
The very fact that they don't see what they did wrong is why their guns should be taken away. n/t	Ian David	Apr 2012	#5
Exactly.	Hoyt	Apr 2012	#20
So I guess because you can't provide links to what you claim I said	AH1Apache	Apr 2012	#22
So much for 'stand your ground'	Cirque du So-What	Apr 2012	#7
There's no outrage expressed in OP title about them surrendering their guns	Kaleva	Apr 2012	#11
That's what I was referring to	Cirque du So-What	Apr 2012	#29
that seems to be the Canole's outrage	gejohnston	Apr 2012	#12
"Fuck the rights of the other homeowners, right?"	rl6214	Apr 2012	#49
So that makes it alright?	Cirque du So-What	Apr 2012	#68
No, that dosen't at all make it all right.	rl6214	Apr 2012	#69
OK, then, I'll leave it at that	Cirque du So-What	Apr 2012	#70
chill	rl6214	Apr 2012	#75
these two certainly make my	gejohnston	Apr 2012	#9
These idiots hurt the gun clause more than anything! Call the police for...	Logical	Apr 2012	#10
Right away Canoles started spouting off	TheCowsCameHome	Apr 2012	#13
"The police told me I did a good job,"	izquierdista	Apr 2012	#15
Can anyone say, Barney Fife?	AH1Apache	Apr 2012	#30
Racist gun vigilantes are such crybabies - and they took their precious extender devices!!!!1	jpak	Apr 2012	#16
Did you really read the story jpak?	AH1Apache	Apr 2012	#18
BS. Racial aspect is pretty clear.	Hoyt	Apr 2012	#19
Your long on accusations and short on proof	AH1Apache	Apr 2012	#21
Proof? I'll bet they have confederate flags to go along with their AR-15s.	Hoyt	Apr 2012	#24
Just as I thought	AH1Apache	Apr 2012	#25
You aren't even willing to entertain the thought these guys might be assholes. They are certainly	Hoyt	Apr 2012	#32
Obviously you didn't read my earlier post	AH1Apache	Apr 2012	#34
And he says it again here on edit	rl6214	Apr 2012	#51
This message was self-deleted by its author	AH1Apache	Apr 2012	#54
I don't think I have been there	gejohnston	Apr 2012	#23
Well they did shoot "In the Heat of the Night" there -- which is a good indication of what	Hoyt	Apr 2012	#39
Yes I have - lots of "banjo music"	jpak	Apr 2012	#27
Newton County is relatively close to the setting for "Deliverance."	Hoyt	Apr 2012	#33
The vigilante gun-toters held the homeowners at gun point - because they were black	jpak	Apr 2012	#26
Just as I thought	AH1Apache	Apr 2012	#28
Here are the white vigilante gun heros	jpak	Apr 2012	#35
Once again	AH1Apache	Apr 2012	#36
You are correct - it would be a racial thing only if the toters were black and the victim white	jpak	Apr 2012	#37
Just as I thought	AH1Apache	Apr 2012	#38
"This is my Second Amendment right. Look, this is the country out here, and we protect our own."	ellisonz	Apr 2012	#41
I'm not pretending	AH1Apache	Apr 2012	#42
You didn't answer my question.	ellisonz	Apr 2012	#43
It could mean anything	AH1Apache	Apr 2012	#45
Clearly it means something...	ellisonz	Apr 2012	#47
So now proof isn't needed.	AH1Apache	Apr 2012	#48
That's proof enough	ellisonz	Apr 2012	#50
Well then, by that standard, I could call you a bigot racist and not have to prove it.	AH1Apache	Apr 2012	#55
And you would be in error...	ellisonz	Apr 2012	#57
"our own" could very well be those in that neighborhood	rl6214	Apr 2012	#53
How could he tell that these people were not part of his "own" then? n/t	ellisonz	Apr 2012	#56
I don't know how big Newton county GA is	rl6214	Apr 2012	#58
You're making an assumption that the obvious interpretation...	ellisonz	Apr 2012	#59
I don't know about these guys	gejohnston	Apr 2012	#64
If you mean I would be in error in thinking you are a bigot racist	AH1Apache	Apr 2012	#60
I think you replied to the wrong post	rl6214	Apr 2012	#65
You obviously have never spent much time in areas like that, or you are in a state of denial.	Hoyt	Apr 2012	#73
I have NEVER even been in the state	rl6214	Apr 2012	#76
You'd be shocked, especially if you met those two, or the thousands like them.	Hoyt	Apr 2012	#77
"case closed"	rl6214	Apr 2012	#52
I have no words	Meiko	Apr 2012	#31
"This is my Second Amendment right. Look, this is the country out here, and we protect our own."	ellisonz	Apr 2012	#40
You have zero proof that their bigots	AH1Apache	Apr 2012	#46
I agree with you. I think those idiots would have done the same thing to any race. n-t	Logical	Apr 2012	#61
Thank You	AH1Apache	Apr 2012	#62
Thanks! No apology needed. Strong opinions cause that from me also at times. I am sure...	Logical	Apr 2012	#63
He won't be replying. n/t	ellisonz	Apr 2012	#72
Less then friendly neighbors have now been charged	Kaleva	Apr 2012	#44
In Alabama this would have been legal.	Atypical Liberal	Apr 2012	#66
That might not be true because of this:	Kaleva	Apr 2012	#67
You are right!	Atypical Liberal	Apr 2012	#71
True, in Alabama they would have simply told the police, he "looked like" a burglar.	Hoyt	Apr 2012	#74
Canoles were released on bail Tuesday night	Kaleva	Apr 2012	#78

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