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In reply to the discussion: No charges filed against homeowner accused of shooting Bo Morrison [View all]gratuitous
(82,849 posts)14. It's how our society is ordered
And everyone is not just entitled, but practically obliged to shoot first and questions can be asked later, if ever. There are very powerful, very organized forces that profit from our citizens being at each others' throats, frightened to death of each other, and blazing away with the finest firearms ever produced. These messages are recited and broadcast over and over, made the basis of popular entertainments (including movies, television programs, and electronic games), and so much a part of our culture that we live, and move, and have our being steeped in this violence. Noticing it is bad enough, questioning it subjects you to (at best) having your sanity placed in doubt.
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No charges filed against homeowner accused of shooting Bo Morrison [View all]
Are_grits_groceries
Mar 2012
OP
Twice I have chased intruders from my home. I have never had to fire a shot. Just hearing a rifle
appleannie1
Mar 2012
#3
I worked in a PD for 15 years. Most burglars are not armed and more homeowners are shot with their
appleannie1
Mar 2012
#11
Assuming the homeowner is telling the truth that Morrison really did "take a step towards"
brentspeak
Mar 2012
#8
You have the location wrong. It was the back porch, and he likely trespassed to get there.
piedmont
Mar 2012
#23
I think a culture of "don't break into someone's home at 2 am" would have worked even better. nt
piedmont
Mar 2012
#33
yeah, but i still don't think it was justified, he could/should have just called the cops
JI7
Mar 2012
#22
in this case the guy was not inside the home, he was in the porch area hiding from cops
JI7
Mar 2012
#26
THis one is far from inexcusable....the guy came into the other guys house...
Joe the Revelator
Mar 2012
#36
I wouldn't expect my kids to be drunk and then break into someone's house to hide from the police
Joe the Revelator
Mar 2012
#48
So the DA wouldn't have pressed charges, even without castle doctrine, and your response is..
X_Digger
Mar 2012
#93
Exactly. He's making a choice, and no one is under any obligations to make apologies for this dude.
ellisonz
Mar 2012
#119
Actually, the DA and the cops are saying the defending homeowner called police in the first place.
ksbsnowowl
Mar 2012
#49
It's a very relevant question. You seem to believe that a party somehow means that the homeowner
Snake Alchemist
Mar 2012
#97
Maybe Bo should have manned up and accepted the underage drinking citation instead of breaking...
JVS
Mar 2012
#62
Really! It's not the homeowner's job to know the intentions of the guy breaking into his house
JVS
Mar 2012
#71
Do you believe that Bo is entitled to enter other people's houses without their consent?
JVS
Mar 2012
#77
Do you believe a homeowner is entitled to shoot an unarmed drunk kid in cold blood?
ellisonz
Mar 2012
#78
As in he knew there was a party, he confronted them, he then called the cops...
ellisonz
Mar 2012
#82
Because this has nothing to do with this case. You want it to, but it does not. nt
Snake Alchemist
Mar 2012
#107
Wait he had a father? Well that changes everything. Please post some more stories where homeowners
Snake Alchemist
Mar 2012
#135
Yeah I remember all the times I got drunk in high school...then ran from the cops, then broke into
Joe the Revelator
Mar 2012
#52
So if you succesfully defend yourself (not have any harm come to you) it is murder?
Kurska
Mar 2012
#53
You think you should have to run in your own house? Are you kidding me?
Joe the Revelator
Mar 2012
#68
Castle law and stand your ground are two very different things...but you know that.
Joe the Revelator
Mar 2012
#75
Your question should be "Did you ever break into someone's home while fleeing the cops?"
JVS
Mar 2012
#60
I'm sad for his family, but his son should not have broken into a house...he wasn't stalked, he
Joe the Revelator
Mar 2012
#80
I do have a kind of world-weary empathy for people who get themselves killed by doing stupid things.
Nye Bevan
Mar 2012
#129
That's no reason not to charge someone with a crime they may well have committed
treestar
Mar 2012
#132
Listen to what the DA dude says on the video. It's not just Castle Doctrine.
slackmaster
Mar 2012
#136