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eqfan592

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5. I agree on the republican hypocrisy, but that case of the Florida woman is hardly comparable.

Reply to yurbud (Original post)

Mon Dec 9, 2013, 08:12 PM

Dec 2013

She left the house, retrieved a firearm from her car, went back into the house, and then discharged it. And she did so in a fashion that suggested she didn't likely feel her life was in serious danger, thus warranting the use of deadly force. I agree that her sentence is COMPLETELY insane, but what she did was wrong from a legal standpoint for sure.

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Mandela's death shows Republican hypocrisy on violence [View all] yurbud Dec 2013 OP

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I agree on the republican hypocrisy, but that case of the Florida woman is hardly comparable. eqfan592 Dec 2013 #5