Gun Control & RKBA
In reply to the discussion: Anyone notice some of the strongly Anti-RKBA people are also very anti-free speech in GD. [View all]blueridge3210
(1,401 posts)Legal use of violence in defense of self or another is very different from using violence to commit a crime. It is the difference between a surgeon using a scalpel to remove a tumor and a mugger using a knife to commit a robbery. Whether or not one approves of the death penalty there is no escaping the fact that the sentence is imposed following due process of law; there was no due process used by the two deceased assailants who decided to attack the exhibit.
Texas' law allowing shooting over property is a throwback to times when the state was sparsely populated and it was not possible to report a crime of that nature to the police in time to prevent or address the theft. IIRC the law stipulates that use of force must be the only way to prevent the theft.
Your proposal to hold those engaged in legal speech responsible for the criminal actions of those who do not approve of the speech still amounts to a murderer's veto, allowing abrogation of rights by making a credible threat of violence.