stand your ground. yes? no?

[The Straight Story]

37. Support the concept but not always the implementation/application by DA's and such

Having to run away, especially when someone else has a bow/arrow, gun, throwing stars, whatever puts you in danger since you would be retreating.

I am aware that some folks think victims have a duty to flee their attackers and want the aggressive person doing the rape/murder/beating/etc to have better legal standing and want to be able to use the absence of such a law in court to use against the victim should they resist the attack. But I prefer to side not with the attacker/aggressor and believe people are entitled to their personal space and sphere of defense.

Of course, those who don't retreat probably have whatever happens to them coming (ie, blame that victim and shame that victim) according the ideals of others.

What this law boils down to really is some people hate guns and see this as a gun law so hating it helps them feel better in the morning.

Victims? Well, they are no good to us if they can't support an agenda against something and if we allow victims to stand up and fight then we might have less victims (ah, but of course, there might be a few SYG cases that we can pry loose and use to promote being a victim of that law! Might only be a few but if we only talk about those ones and expose them people will think it is most of them).