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Much better to let the assailant go on and kill someone, I suppose? mvccd1000 Jul 2012 #1
In Texas - Drunk and Disorderly = Death Sentence jpak Jul 2012 #4
Incomplete statement of facts. Remmah2 Jul 2012 #14
Not D&D, A&B. (Assault & Battery) GreenStormCloud Jul 2012 #44
what a bullshit justification for cold blooded murder. bowens43 Jul 2012 #17
You want to know what is really going to piss you off? oneshooter Jul 2012 #64
Fine. Take the gun out of the situation. Drunk guy starts beating on innocent person Common Sense Party Jul 2012 #66
Shooter DID retreat, drunk chased him, still punching him. Not murder - Self defense. GreenStormCloud Jul 2012 #72
He has to prove more than that. GreenStormCloud Jul 2012 #2
Going on a drunken rampage and punching out strangers carries a risk of getting shot slackmaster Jul 2012 #3
If he was a diabetic suffering from low blood sugar - would this be justified as well? jpak Jul 2012 #5
I've never heard of a diabetic with low blood sugar punching people out slackmaster Jul 2012 #6
From wedMD: discntnt_irny_srcsm Jul 2012 #8
Sorry about your wife. I hope she has it well-managed. I know several diabetics, both 1s and 2s. slackmaster Jul 2012 #10
It's very well managed, it's just expensive. discntnt_irny_srcsm Jul 2012 #35
As a person who is moderately hypoglycemic and who has experienced Simo 1939_1940 Jul 2012 #32
I don't think that comment was intended to be serious 4th law of robotics Jul 2012 #34
Yes. When someone is threatening your life... GreenStormCloud Jul 2012 #45
Yes. A mentally impaired person trying to kill you is still trying to kill you. NewMoonTherian Jul 2012 #7
Unfortunatly this has nothing to do with the facts of the case. Remmah2 Jul 2012 #9
It's just an extremely weak attempt at distraction, something jpak often treats us to slackmaster Jul 2012 #11
Yes! bongbong Jul 2012 #41
So you downgrade the criminal's Assault & Battery to "looks at me cross-eyed"? GreenStormCloud Jul 2012 #46
Our late Canadian zampolit was *far* better at excusing criminal behavior then you'll ever be: friendly_iconoclast Jul 2012 #62
For bongbong getting repeatedly beaten = "look at me cross-eyed" aikoaiko Jul 2012 #73
LOL bongbong Jul 2012 #81
Laugh away while you become the anti-gun poo flinger with a losing track record. aikoaiko Jul 2012 #82
What if, and stay with me here 4th law of robotics Jul 2012 #29
If it were me, I'd offer Mr. Piper a piece of bubblegum slackmaster Jul 2012 #31
From the standpoint of his victim, it doesn't matter what his problem is. AtheistCrusader Jul 2012 #57
I'm a type one diabetic as is my son and neither of us has ever punched anyone out when rl6214 Jul 2012 #69
Did you expect any better from the OP? oneshooter Jul 2012 #77
No, not really. rl6214 Jul 2012 #80
that is sad... I feel sorry for you. bowens43 Jul 2012 #18
As usual your only response is a personal attack slackmaster Jul 2012 #19
Then they whine and cry to the admins. Remmah2 Jul 2012 #37
I prefer public excoriation slackmaster Jul 2012 #48
It's worse than Thanksgiving with my in laws. Remmah2 Jul 2012 #51
You might see it differently had the drunk person been one of your children or a person who ladjf Jul 2012 #21
You might see it differently if the drunk person had been attacking one of your children or a person slackmaster Jul 2012 #24
Both of our statements could well be true. My point was that had the drunkard been well ladjf Jul 2012 #25
Every person ever killed has a mother who loved them 4th law of robotics Jul 2012 #30
This is a rather interesting point. discntnt_irny_srcsm Jul 2012 #50
We had something along those lines happen to us when we first moved into Wash DC ProgressiveProfessor Jul 2012 #79
I would probably be remorseful that my child, who I equipped to deal with the world AtheistCrusader Jul 2012 #58
Another bloodthirsty gun hero (with a CCW license). DanTex Jul 2012 #12
again, what does this have to do with the facts of the case? Remmah2 Jul 2012 #13
Are you capable of writing multiple sentences? nt DanTex Jul 2012 #15
An even further attempt at distraction from the discussion at hand. Remmah2 Jul 2012 #28
Hey, three sentences! Awesome! You were saying something about "facts"... DanTex Jul 2012 #33
Do you have anything to add to the discussion? Remmah2 Jul 2012 #36
Wow bongbong Jul 2012 #42
And here you come adding your usual less-than-nothing to the debate. Clames Jul 2012 #55
Avoid drunk people . . . by staying out of quickee marts? 4th law of robotics Jul 2012 #27
hopefully this jackass will spend a long time in prison (but I doubt it). bowens43 Jul 2012 #16
You drive a car... Clames Jul 2012 #61
Self-defense is NOT murder. N/T GreenStormCloud Jul 2012 #63
And another idiotic drive-by post rl6214 Jul 2012 #70
How can the jackass spend Jenoch Jul 2012 #83
The poster you replied to.... PavePusher Jul 2012 #84
So shooting someone Rabid_Rabbit Jul 2012 #20
So you would have shot the man because you thought that perhaps he might beat or kill ladjf Jul 2012 #23
No I would not have shot the man Rabid_Rabbit Jul 2012 #26
The next time someone Oneka Jul 2012 #40
Perhaps I misread the post. I wasn't aware that the shooter was being assaulted. nt ladjf Jul 2012 #60
It's in the second paragraph of the OP: Common Sense Party Jul 2012 #67
Judge, jury and executor Spoonman Jul 2012 #49
Who gives a shit what the reason is permatex Jul 2012 #53
Self defense isn't an exercise of extra-judicial power. It is just self defense. Try again. AtheistCrusader Jul 2012 #59
not this Individual's fault that society failed the Drunk. Society needs to put in place Tuesday Afternoon Jul 2012 #76
More like legalized suicide 4th law of robotics Jul 2012 #22
The drunk should not have followed the guy outside hack89 Jul 2012 #38
That's exactly how I see it slackmaster Jul 2012 #39
The shooter tried to retreat. GreenStormCloud Jul 2012 #43
The DO blog seems to have lied. PavePusher Jul 2012 #47
Well there are different kinds of truth 4th law of robotics Jul 2012 #54
Just so everyone knows the source of this article.. MicaelS Jul 2012 #52
Seems like the usual type of highly suspect sources that the anti-gun religionists use. Clames Jul 2012 #56
I don't suppose he'll be beating anymore innocent citizens. ileus Jul 2012 #65
Why didn't the guy getting beaten by the drunk just respond to him in a strong, authoritative voice? Common Sense Party Jul 2012 #68
Perhaps Oneka Jul 2012 #71
I'll wait for a few more facts to come out before passing judgment. aikoaiko Jul 2012 #74
The attitude seems to be sarisataka Jul 2012 #78
Shoot the witnesses too. Tejas Jul 2012 #75
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