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justanidea

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6. Execution?

Wed Dec 5, 2012, 11:49 AM

Dec 2012

I'd imagine if the woman got out of her car and starting threatening the man with violence, that defending one's self could hardly be considered "execution".

Don't get me wrong, if I walked into someone's car and they got out yelling/screaming/threatening me, or even physically pushing/shoving me, I wouldn't draw a gun. But that's because I'm a fit 22 year old and can handle myself well enough in a fist fight to not be too worried. If I was a 73 year old in a wheelchair however, I'd imagine my threshold for feeling my life is in danger would be much lower.

Anyway, the article is light on details, so it's pointless to speculate. All I am saying is depending on what happened between the woman exiting her car and the shots being fired directly impacts whether this is a murder or a self-defense shooting.

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Unbelievable! Another example of our out of control gun culture. [View all] Laurian Dec 2012 OP

Uh-oh. You're asking for trouble from the DU gun brigade. Aristus Dec 2012 #1

I know, but this seemed so absurd. I was stunned by it. Laurian Dec 2012 #3

Precious bongbong Dec 2012 #39

Well, it seems clear billh58 Dec 2012 #44

You're missing something else. The shooting happened in Georgia, and the shooter was arrested. slackmaster Dec 2012 #53

Good! bongbong Dec 2012 #65

Not going to issue any judgement on this yet since there isn't much detail justanidea Dec 2012 #2

Execution isn't justified in any of those posibilities. tridim Dec 2012 #4

Exactly. What could have started and ended as a shouting match instead Aristus Dec 2012 #5

Execution? justanidea Dec 2012 #6

IF he didn't have the gun the woman would still be alive n/t malaise Dec 2012 #16

But... sarisataka Dec 2012 #22

It's better to convict someone in the court of public opinion former-republican Dec 2012 #31

Opinion and knee jerk reaction sarisataka Dec 2012 #36

Threatening? bongbong Dec 2012 #67

Exactly madokie Dec 2012 #7

Yea sure, don't want to support gun carrying if you'll upaloopa Dec 2012 #10

Huh? justanidea Dec 2012 #11

You didn't say it was. That would be what people do. upaloopa Dec 2012 #14

You implied by jumping to try and find a justification joeybee12 Dec 2012 #15

You mean like our court system does former-republican Dec 2012 #19

Pathetic. morningfog Dec 2012 #13

I can shoot someone for yelling and screaming at me? Iggo Dec 2012 #18

If the person threatens you and you are in a wheelchair, possibly yes. slackmaster Dec 2012 #20

Yes! Iggo Dec 2012 #60

Got your "Kill Kill Kill" right here, as requested. slackmaster Dec 2012 #75

Thats great! bongbong Dec 2012 #70

My experience is that those who carry in public tend to be callous and perhaps paranoid. Hoyt Dec 2012 #72

Uh context is everything. justanidea Dec 2012 #73

No. justanidea Dec 2012 #25

Another one of our peaceful law abiding gunners upaloopa Dec 2012 #8

America has many out of control "cultures" hack89 Dec 2012 #9

Biggest killer in the U.S and the world former-republican Dec 2012 #21

I have lost more friends and family sarisataka Dec 2012 #26

I believe that! wendylaroux Dec 2012 #29

Old Age kills, too bongbong Dec 2012 #37

I posted something that is true about alcohol deaths in the U.S and the world former-republican Dec 2012 #54

Yes it is less civilized when some gun toter shoots someone in a situation like this. Hoyt Dec 2012 #28

Don't forget you have never been safer and will be even safer next year. nt hack89 Dec 2012 #32

No thanks to guns bongbong Dec 2012 #35

Never said it was due to guns. It is simply a fact that gun violence is at historic lows hack89 Dec 2012 #40

Then why do you keep promoting more and more guns, and your buddies keep carrying in public. Hoyt Dec 2012 #46

I don't promote more and more guns. hack89 Dec 2012 #52

Talking Points bongbong Dec 2012 #58

So you are saying that gun violence is not at historic lows and steadily declining? hack89 Dec 2012 #61

Glad you agree bongbong Dec 2012 #64

I have told you that countless times hack89 Dec 2012 #66

I usually feel safe, and it is not because the gun culture can't keep from arming up. Hoyt Dec 2012 #45

It is because the threat they represent is constantly diminishing hack89 Dec 2012 #55

You don't know jack shit about the situation yet, Hoyt slackmaster Dec 2012 #51

Oh come on, Slack, you guys wanted us to wait years to express an opinion on Zimmerman, Hoyt Dec 2012 #74

No, I expressed my opinion on Zimmerman less than a month after the shooting, and it hasn't changed slackmaster Dec 2012 #76

What happened to "an armed society is a polite society" NRA slogan from a while back? byeya Dec 2012 #12

I guess that implies one will be polite only if you are intimidated by gun owners, huh? sadbear Dec 2012 #23

The complete Heinlein quote puts a slight different spin on it hack89 Dec 2012 #30

The Problem With That, Sir, Is That People Tend To Over-Rate The Odds Of Their Success.... The Magistrate Dec 2012 #48

On the other hand hack89 Dec 2012 #50

Or Simply Resolve To go In Hard, Sir, and Take No Chances The Magistrate Dec 2012 #57

"tone of hysteria" applies to the extremist on both sides hack89 Dec 2012 #59

One Side, Though, Sir, Is Hard Right Wing, And Dangerous On Its Own Terms The Magistrate Dec 2012 #62

So you see no middle ground what so ever? hack89 Dec 2012 #63

Plenty Of Middle Ground, Sir, But It is Not Present In Political Discussion Of Firearms The Magistrate Dec 2012 #69

I would certainly agree with you there. hack89 Dec 2012 #77

I so enjoy reading your posts and discussions with others. n/t Whovian Dec 2012 #79

The problem is more likely car culture and the violence that goes with it slackmaster Dec 2012 #17

So it was her fault? sadbear Dec 2012 #24

There's not enough information to even begin to analyze who was at fault slackmaster Dec 2012 #27

Guns are needed by many people bongbong Dec 2012 #33

I wonder how many other people are shot to death over some Auntie Bush Dec 2012 #34

Nicole Brown ax4john Dec 2012 #38

And the thousands of other knife victims, too. sadbear Dec 2012 #42

A left over billh58 Dec 2012 #47

Another example of the grand American bargain: Comrade Grumpy Dec 2012 #41

We made the same bargain about alcohol too. nt hack89 Dec 2012 #56

Thou shalt not... 99Forever Dec 2012 #43

Unrec for OP title conflating near half the population with criminal behavior. Ya Basta Dec 2012 #49

She'd be alilve today if the man wasn't armed rustydog Dec 2012 #68

Whoa! believer10101 Dec 2012 #71

Do you have links to this bull you are teaching folks? Are you an NRA "certified" instructor? Hoyt Dec 2012 #78

Now there's one fresh steaming pile... 99Forever Dec 2012 #81

Why is it that every post in GD that has something to do with guns as a murder weapon Whovian Dec 2012 #80

I have news for you Whovian - DU is widely read among people with very diverse beliefs about things. slackmaster Dec 2012 #82

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