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badtoworse

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3. It's tragic, but it doesn't seem like an SYG case to me.

Reply to Baitball Blogger (Original post)

Tue Nov 26, 2013, 04:58 PM

Nov 2013

There was no evidence or even a suggestion that her daughter was threatening her. She evidently just shot her daughter because she thought it was her boyfriend. Even if it was, she would need some basis to believe an actual threat existed at the time she pulled the trigger. Not even close to SYG.

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Not one mention of stand your ground in a case that involved a black woman shooter. [View all] Baitball Blogger Nov 2013 OP

How could SYG apply to this tragedy? hack89 Nov 2013 #1

Zimmerman stalked and threatened Trayvon and then shot him dead. That's how valerief Nov 2013 #10

She thought it was the girl's boyfriend who had threatened to do her harm. Baitball Blogger Nov 2013 #11

Huh? Dr. Strange Nov 2013 #2

It happened in Florda Capt. Obvious Nov 2013 #5

Ah, I see. Dr. Strange Nov 2013 #7

Because she believed the boyfriend was going to act on his threat to do her daughter harm. Baitball Blogger Nov 2013 #12

It's tragic, but it doesn't seem like an SYG case to me. badtoworse Nov 2013 #3

The boyfriend threatened to do the girl harm. That's is your basis of belief. Baitball Blogger Nov 2013 #13

I also note no one mentioned pickles in that article tkmorris Nov 2013 #4

This thread has awesome potential Capt. Obvious Nov 2013 #6

And calculus! Dr. Strange Nov 2013 #8

And Algebra II. It has been under-appreciated..n/t monmouth3 Nov 2013 #9

Warren in 2016 - Fantastic! - This story subject matter - WHACKED laserhaas Nov 2013 #14

In Florida a man shot his fiance on the eve of their wedding with the same Baitball Blogger Nov 2013 #15

Locking.The gun exemption is over in GD Autumn Nov 2013 #16