Minnesota's controversial deadly force bill advances

[McCamy Taylor]

6. Is "he looked big, Black and scary" considered "threat" enough

to allow someone to pull a gun? Or maybe "He made eye contact with me"? Or "His coat was so baggy he could have had a gun in there"? What kind of "threat" are we talking about? Physical harm? Verbal assault? How about if someone makes a pass at you? Is that a "threat"? What if he is carrying a baseball bat? Is he considered "armed"? Or if he is really buff, is his body a "lethal weapon"?

What if you are suffering for PTSD and every fucking thing in the world "scares" you , does this new law mean that you can shoot first and ask questions later as long as you can say truthfully "I felt threatened?"

This law will be abused by people who want to commit murder. All they have to do is kill and then claim they were "threatened." The people who kill the homeless will find it much easier to pursue their favorite pasttime. Lynching will be legal again. It will be open season on gays on the grounds that "I thought he was gonna rape me. Really. So I killed him."