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The Constitution is valid liberal and progressive legislation. Tuesday Afternoon Mar 2012 #1
What does owning a gun have to do with this thread? Starboard Tack Mar 2012 #36
? Tuesday Afternoon Mar 2012 #38
How many gun owners that carry a gun daily actually "strap on a handgun"? rl6214 Mar 2012 #43
Sure they do. Lots of them. Starboard Tack Mar 2012 #51
Maybe in the 1800's you might strap on a gun nowadays, nope. rl6214 Mar 2012 #62
K&R. n/t X_Digger Mar 2012 #2
when threatened with candy, fight back nt msongs Mar 2012 #3
If you actually need help understanding the OP, get it. n/t TPaine7 Mar 2012 #4
If the police actually investigated gejohnston Mar 2012 #7
+1, n/t appal_jack Mar 2012 #15
Show me where in "a duty to retreat" safeinOhio Mar 2012 #5
Read 776.041 then tell me there is nothing the cops can do Kennah Mar 2012 #9
I never said "there is nothing the cops can do" safeinOhio Mar 2012 #13
Police have for a long time used excuses to help their buddies Kennah Mar 2012 #17
Problems with Florida's SYG law spelled out. safeinOhio Mar 2012 #18
It's right in front of your eyes. TPaine7 Mar 2012 #20
Sounds like one of the old Charles Atlas ads-- Bully kicks sand on skinny guy in front of his girl. Hoyt Mar 2012 #24
yes it would gejohnston Mar 2012 #28
"In front of his girl" TPaine7 Mar 2012 #29
I did not miss the point. You seem to think that a gun could/should be used when you have reasonable Hoyt Mar 2012 #32
Still insisting on missing the point? TPaine7 Mar 2012 #35
IF you want to play "what if" here is safeinOhio Mar 2012 #33
Where? You gave no link. N/T TPaine7 Mar 2012 #34
sorry, here it is safeinOhio Mar 2012 #46
Is that the same WaPo that's condemned shadowrider Mar 2012 #47
as you would say, forget the source safeinOhio Mar 2012 #58
I don't worry about sources. If the info is true, the source doesn't matter. shadowrider Mar 2012 #67
Many Americans have the same problem safeinOhio Mar 2012 #69
"I don't think DTR would apply to a guy with knife endangering your fiancee." TPaine7 Mar 2012 #37
Look, you can't use a gun when you feel threatened just because you stick a gun in your waistband. Hoyt Mar 2012 #42
Hoyt, what anti-gun organizations do you belong to? shadowrider Mar 2012 #48
Do you do more than sit behind keyboard and promote more guns, and provide cover when shit happens? Hoyt Mar 2012 #53
Deflect. shadowrider Mar 2012 #54
More of the same. eqfan592 Mar 2012 #49
Self-defense is a right appal_jack Mar 2012 #6
Self defense is a right that is protected by "duty to retreat" safeinOhio Mar 2012 #8
here is the problem I have gejohnston Mar 2012 #10
I agree that the problem is this PD, safeinOhio Mar 2012 #12
winning the suit is not the point gejohnston Mar 2012 #14
"prove his innocence in a criminal court" safeinOhio Mar 2012 #16
the civil issue is only part of the injustice. gejohnston Mar 2012 #19
If you take a life, I think safeinOhio Mar 2012 #30
there is a too great of risk of gejohnston Mar 2012 #31
Are you sure... discntnt_irny_srcsm Mar 2012 #41
Yeah, I read that as 'guilty until proven innocent' as well. n/t X_Digger Mar 2012 #59
SYG isn't new as some claim Kennah Mar 2012 #11
Excellent find. n/t X_Digger Mar 2012 #60
Speaking only for myself... NewMoonTherian Mar 2012 #22
Presumption of Innocence and Duty to Retreat sarisataka Mar 2012 #56
Nah, it requires them to determine probable cause. X_Digger Mar 2012 #61
Vague wording sarisataka Mar 2012 #63
Ehn, I'll concede the language is circuitous.. X_Digger Mar 2012 #64
Agreed n/t sarisataka Mar 2012 #65
Texas solved the civil trial problem by raising the level of evidence for a civil case to the same oneshooter Mar 2012 #66
Yeah. If France had only had the SYG COLGATE4 Mar 2012 #23
Reholster your hyperbole. PavePusher Mar 2012 #25
I don't know about SYG gejohnston Mar 2012 #26
Hey, careful now! Starboard Tack Mar 2012 #39
There is a reality Puzzledtraveller Mar 2012 #68
Because "shoot first and ask later" is so much easier for the shoot 'em up squad jpak Mar 2012 #21
as fucked up as Sanford PD is gejohnston Mar 2012 #27
How and why would Martin have killed Zimmerman? Starboard Tack Mar 2012 #40
because Zimmerman was trying to beat the crap out of him gejohnston Mar 2012 #44
"PD is using the law to cover up their stupidity, not justify it" Starboard Tack Mar 2012 #45
the law puts the burden of proof on the gejohnston Mar 2012 #50
Makes one wonder what they're waiting for, doesn't it? Starboard Tack Mar 2012 #52
no, under the old law gejohnston Mar 2012 #55
I am sure that you would rather carried by 6. oneshooter Mar 2012 #57
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