Gun Nut Kills Two Innocent Neighbors On Their Own Property

[Swede Atlanta]

5. Throughout most of the 20th century the law permitted the use of deadly force

only if you reasonably believed your life or that of another person were in imminent danger of serious bodily harm or death. Further there was an affirmative duty in most cases to retreat if you could safely to diffuse the situation and call law enforcement.

But deadly force could not be used, for example in this situation, simply for trespass. There are laws against trespass and the landowner should call law enforcement and press charges for trespass.

The new laws did away with the duty to retreat and became "stand your ground" - i.e. confrontational. While it can be argued that you should be able to feel safe in your home or business and should not have to run from a wood-be burglar, rapist, etc., we have created a population of gun nuts that believe that in every case they should stand your ground.

I hope Mr. Black goes to prison for the rest of his life and that MSM will pick this up. According to what I have read Mr. Black did not feel physically threatened and would therefore only be defending his property. I suggest that human life is worth more than a piece of land. The ironic thing here is that the land actually belonged to one of the victims and not by the killer.