Gun Control & RKBA
In reply to the discussion: 17y/o unarmed girl shot in the head, no charges will be filed due to Alabama's Stand Your Ground. [View all]abelenkpe
(9,933 posts)To hang out in an abandoned home when they were teenagers. I suppose technically it belonged to someone as it stood on a farm. Should they have been shot too? When I was a teenager we'd go exploring through homes at construction sites. Would it be ok to shoot us? From the article it doesn't sound like they thought anyone was around and were just trying to open one of the buildings. Besides, I think shooting someone as from behind is what cowards do. Why couldn't the shooter just call the police like a normal person? Those kids weren't threatening. Last year I caught a guy breaking into my car walking off with my kids stroller and a bunch of snacks. I yelled at him and chased him a bit and he dropped the stroller. With these stupid syg laws would have been ok if I shot him instead?
Personally I have less fear of thieves and criminals than of paranoid gun nuts who have to carry a loaded weapon to go to the grocery store and are amped up on fear sold to them 24/7 by hate radio and FOX news.