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NYC_SKP

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20. I know that impression exists but I challenge you to find an example of anyone here.....
Sun Mar 1, 2015, 12:19 PM
Mar 2015

...who supports Zimmerman or who feels safer in knowing that Zimmermans are out there.

...or who support the "right to terrorize their neighbors.

If these neighbors feel terrorized by the mere presence of guns in possession of the owner next door then they are suffering from an irrational fear and should seek help.

If that owner next door is acting in a terrorizing or dangerous manner, then the authorities should be called to help.

If they can't help, then there are other legal measures that may be taken, up to and including lobbying for the repeal of the Second Amendment.

I'm with the 46 states that have adopted the "Castle Doctrine".

Forty-six U.S. states have adopted the castle doctrine, stating that a person has no duty to retreat when his/her home is attacked. Twenty-two states have removed the duty to retreat requirement from other locations as well.[1] "Stand Your Ground", "Line in the Sand" or "No Duty to Retreat" laws thus state that a person has no duty or other requirement to abandon a place in which he/she has a right to be, or to give up ground to an assailant. Under such laws, there is no duty to retreat from anywhere the defender may legally be.[2] Other restrictions may still exist; such as when in public, a person must be carrying firearms in a legal manner, whether concealed or openly.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stand-your-ground_law


It sounds like a BS argument to me n/t rock Feb 2015 #1
ROTFLOL TexasProgresive Feb 2015 #2
Because the police need to be disarmed as well? nt Erich Bloodaxe BSN Feb 2015 #3
I have no idea what that means or how it relates to the OP. nt Nuclear Unicorn Feb 2015 #5
If only it was true Duckhunter935 Feb 2015 #4
Exactly this. ManiacJoe Feb 2015 #16
Police may respond quickly in a large urban area but crime also happens ... spin Feb 2015 #6
Call the cops.... Puha Ekapi Mar 2015 #26
This is satire, right? Binkie The Clown Feb 2015 #7
Instead, we're told to accept yahoos like Ready, Zimmerman, Dunnachie and Hicks... stone space Feb 2015 #8
"the Craig Hicks's of this world" Nuclear Unicorn Feb 2015 #9
Blaming the victims. Typical. stone space Feb 2015 #10
That's not victim blaming. Nuclear Unicorn Feb 2015 #11
He openly wore his gun several times. stone space Feb 2015 #12
What do you care? You aren't worried about the Hicks' of the world. The only people you Nuclear Unicorn Feb 2015 #13
Now that's a detour into oncoming traffic. None of us want protection from other owners. NYC_SKP Feb 2015 #15
Do we? stone space Mar 2015 #18
Yeah? And who would those "some here support their right to terrorize their neighbors?" GGJohn Mar 2015 #19
I know that impression exists but I challenge you to find an example of anyone here..... NYC_SKP Mar 2015 #20
The 3 Muslims who Craig Hicks terrorized over time felt afraid. stone space Mar 2015 #21
That wasn't mere ownership, that was active, criminal menacing. Nuclear Unicorn Mar 2015 #22
You weren't there, I wasn't there. Also, the plural of "gun" is "guns", not "gunz". NYC_SKP Mar 2015 #23
They did talk to friends and family. stone space Mar 2015 #24
Is there a particular law which, if in place, would have prevented this tragedy? NYC_SKP Mar 2015 #25
I'm going to hold my breath someone from the secret clubhouse-o-fun chimes in. NYC_SKP Feb 2015 #14
Decisively budding crimes? Optical.Catalyst Mar 2015 #17
nobody argues it because it's patently ridiculous Man from Pickens Mar 2015 #27
I've noted before that the same people who hate guns... NaturalHigh Mar 2015 #28
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