Gun Control & RKBA

pipoman

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9. Really? What part of "acquittal" don't you understand?

Reply to fightthegoodfightnow (Reply #6)

Sun Mar 18, 2012, 12:16 AM

Mar 2012

Do you favor ex parte summary convictions?

acquittal n. what an accused criminal defendant receives if he/she is found not guilty. It is a verdict (a judgment in a criminal case) of not guilty.

http://legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/acquittal

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The Right to Keep and Bear Arms at its Worst [View all] fightthegoodfightnow Mar 2012 OP

Seven years indicates to me a felony comviction. oneshooter Mar 2012 #1

126 posts in this thread, and this post was totally ignored. AtheistCrusader Mar 2012 #128

The anti's don't like my questions, they are too hard to answer. oneshooter Mar 2012 #129

This is a problem with the legal system socialindependocrat Mar 2012 #2

What people? pipoman Mar 2012 #4

The link states that the guy shot thru the front of the house.. socialindependocrat Mar 2012 #8

Do you want the state to enforce your judgement? X_Digger Mar 2012 #11

Is That What Someone Does fightthegoodfightnow Mar 2012 #20

Lol, so now shooting someone is *always* murder? X_Digger Mar 2012 #42

Nah fightthegoodfightnow Mar 2012 #44

I laugh at idiots who wish to pervert our legal system X_Digger Mar 2012 #48

Seems You Don't Know the Law fightthegoodfightnow Mar 2012 #50

Had I said *every* threat warrants deadly force, you might have a point. X_Digger Mar 2012 #52

'Your Ignorance'? fightthegoodfightnow Mar 2012 #53

Kinda of hard to have intelligent conversation when one side isn't. X_Digger Mar 2012 #54

Silly Statements? fightthegoodfightnow Mar 2012 #55

No, like "Judge and Jury" X_Digger Mar 2012 #56

Nah fightthegoodfightnow Mar 2012 #60

OMFG, you still don't get it. X_Digger Mar 2012 #65

Exactly fightthegoodfightnow Mar 2012 #66

Lol, I can't deny you due process (assuming I'm not a judge).. it's physically impossible. X_Digger Mar 2012 #67

The Person Being Shot is Presumably Guilty of a Crime-Otherwise No Need to Shoot fightthegoodfightnow Mar 2012 #68

The 'social contract' between individuals is codified in the criminal code. X_Digger Mar 2012 #76

Social Contract fightthegoodfightnow Mar 2012 #79

I give up. You've obviously got it, yet deny it. X_Digger Mar 2012 #82

And still no argument in there..... fightthegoodfightnow Mar 2012 #83

LOL! You realize you're asking me to prove a negative? X_Digger Mar 2012 #86

Like I Said..... fightthegoodfightnow Mar 2012 #87

No dear, government is a concept, granted power by the people X_Digger Mar 2012 #88

Wow fightthegoodfightnow Mar 2012 #89

One of us has history, our framework of government, our founding documents, and law on our side. n/t X_Digger Mar 2012 #92

According to You fightthegoodfightnow Mar 2012 #95

No, not according to me.. according to our founding documents, USC criminal code, TX criminal code.. X_Digger Mar 2012 #97

Guns Kill...Sometimes the Bad Guys, Sometimes the Good Guys, Sometimes Justly, Sometimes Not fightthegoodfightnow Mar 2012 #99

People kill with guns, yes.. sometimes for good, sometimes not. n/t X_Digger Mar 2012 #103

Just as I thought fightthegoodfightnow Mar 2012 #105

Do you really enjoy trying to educate a stump DWC Mar 2012 #70

Nothing About Guns? fightthegoodfightnow Mar 2012 #74

Lol, I figure if any lurkers have this asinine meme lodged in their head inadvertently.. X_Digger Mar 2012 #77

Possable with the help of a 4lb hammer, otherwise? oneshooter Mar 2012 #78

That's How You Want to 'Educate' Me..... fightthegoodfightnow Mar 2012 #81

At this point, we're talking about fundamental government concepts, not even guns. X_Digger Mar 2012 #84

I was resonding to and asking Oneshooter...not you. fightthegoodfightnow Mar 2012 #85

So, if I am attacked, even in my own home, I should oneshooter Mar 2012 #90

That's NOT What Happened in THIS Case Is It? fightthegoodfightnow Mar 2012 #91

I truly do not know. The trial hasn't happened yet. oneshooter Mar 2012 #93

Disagree fightthegoodfightnow Mar 2012 #94

Slow down and read again. oneshooter Mar 2012 #113

HERE is What the Trial Will Show fightthegoodfightnow Mar 2012 #96

Hopefully the trial will show much more. ManiacJoe Mar 2012 #106

Everyone is Looking fightthegoodfightnow Mar 2012 #107

That would be a sad commentary on you and "everyone" else. ManiacJoe Mar 2012 #117

No one has disputed anything already said fightthegoodfightnow Mar 2012 #118

What "everything"? ManiacJoe Mar 2012 #121

Here fightthegoodfightnow Mar 2012 #122

That is the same lacking list from post #96. ManiacJoe Mar 2012 #127

You mean the part about shadowrider Mar 2012 #124

'a reasonable fear of grievous bodily harm'. Starboard Tack Mar 2012 #130

Yes, a person with a knife, chasing you around your vehicle. Fucking duh. n/t X_Digger Mar 2012 #133

An acquittal is an acquittal pipoman Mar 2012 #13

With a few exceptions? fightthegoodfightnow Mar 2012 #21

Pardons and such.. pipoman Mar 2012 #23

Right fightthegoodfightnow Mar 2012 #26

Oh, and no, pipoman Mar 2012 #14

Right fightthegoodfightnow Mar 2012 #51

No, I may report him..as is what seems to have happened.. pipoman Mar 2012 #59

So Not Every Threat is Equal fightthegoodfightnow Mar 2012 #62

If a reasonable person would believe pipoman Mar 2012 #112

Do You Think the Kid Shot and Killed fightthegoodfightnow Mar 2012 #75

Apparently the kid shouldn't have been shot.. pipoman Mar 2012 #98

In General Terms.....No fightthegoodfightnow Mar 2012 #100

In most places, the State can not use gejohnston Mar 2012 #102

True fightthegoodfightnow Mar 2012 #104

Generally agree pipoman Mar 2012 #108

Sorry to Hear That fightthegoodfightnow Mar 2012 #109

Oh... fightthegoodfightnow Mar 2012 #101

As a self proclaimed civil libertarian pipoman Mar 2012 #110

Agree fightthegoodfightnow Mar 2012 #111

Did you even read the article you linked to? pipoman Mar 2012 #3

7 years is a felony conviction. X_Digger Mar 2012 #5

He Got Away with Murder fightthegoodfightnow Mar 2012 #6

Please tell me next week's lotto numbers.. X_Digger Mar 2012 #7

Right fightthegoodfightnow Mar 2012 #10

Yeah, damn that Due Process shit.. X_Digger Mar 2012 #12

The number of people who really don't care for the Constitution at all... Common Sense Party Mar 2012 #32

Due Process Indeed fightthegoodfightnow Mar 2012 #41

So there are no killings without 'swords'?!? X_Digger Mar 2012 #43

"A slayer without a sword can't slay." PavePusher Mar 2012 #57

You are responding to your own post fightthegoodfightnow Mar 2012 #120

So maybe we should do away with due process rl6214 Mar 2012 #114

Really? What part of "acquittal" don't you understand? pipoman Mar 2012 #9

You Defend a Convicted Felon fightthegoodfightnow Mar 2012 #17

I have defended hundreds of convicted felons pipoman Mar 2012 #18

Good for You fightthegoodfightnow Mar 2012 #19

No, that isn't what the article says at all.. pipoman Mar 2012 #22

Right fightthegoodfightnow Mar 2012 #24

I'm not an attorney. pipoman Mar 2012 #25

LOL fightthegoodfightnow Mar 2012 #28

Your punctuation is as pipoman Mar 2012 #30

Anything else? fightthegoodfightnow Mar 2012 #31

This thread isn't about guns pipoman Mar 2012 #33

Nonsense fightthegoodfightnow Mar 2012 #34

The only actual gun in the story pipoman Mar 2012 #38

Don't you hate it when someone says they are going to shoot you? fightthegoodfightnow Mar 2012 #136

I've been threatened many times pipoman Mar 2012 #139

Did he have a gun or not? AtheistCrusader Mar 2012 #131

Do you know whether he had a gun? fightthegoodfightnow Mar 2012 #135

I've already answered your question once. AtheistCrusader Mar 2012 #138

No fightthegoodfightnow Mar 2012 #36

Was there a gun or not? AtheistCrusader Mar 2012 #132

Was there of threat of a gun? fightthegoodfightnow Mar 2012 #134

Yes, there was a threat. AtheistCrusader Mar 2012 #137

Sorry for Dupe in Response fightthegoodfightnow Mar 2012 #37

Guns, don't you have anything to say about guns? rl6214 Mar 2012 #116

people love to hate attorneys pipoman Mar 2012 #27

Right fightthegoodfightnow Mar 2012 #29

You really do have pipoman Mar 2012 #34

Right fightthegoodfightnow Mar 2012 #46

"used a gun to intimidate someone after the trial." Oneka Mar 2012 #49

Someone CHARGED with murder, not CONVICTED of murder. rl6214 Mar 2012 #115

Correct fightthegoodfightnow Mar 2012 #119

So what's your opinion of Don Siegelman? krispos42 Mar 2012 #123

Was his gun legal in DC? gejohnston Mar 2012 #15

Don't Disagree fightthegoodfightnow Mar 2012 #16

If he wasn't guilty, he wouldn't have been charged, right? Callisto32 Mar 2012 #40

Perhaps he did. You should get your evidence to the DA as sson as you can. n/t PavePusher Mar 2012 #58

Double Jeopardy Applies fightthegoodfightnow Mar 2012 #61

Can be waived with sufficient evidence. So provide it. n/t PavePusher Mar 2012 #63

No It Can't fightthegoodfightnow Mar 2012 #64

O.K., it appears you are correct, not sure what I was thinking of. PavePusher Mar 2012 #69

Correct and True fightthegoodfightnow Mar 2012 #71

I don't like being wrong.... PavePusher Mar 2012 #72

None of Us Do fightthegoodfightnow Mar 2012 #73

Thank you, too. n/t PavePusher Mar 2012 #80

Al Capone went to prison for tax evasion not rackateerring or murder. Remmah2 Mar 2012 #125

Because some people abuse a right does not mean the right should eliminated. GreenStormCloud Mar 2012 #39

another example of why guns need banned. ileus Mar 2012 #45

I can't decide which editorial I like best. Tuesday Afternoon Mar 2012 #47

A "gesture" not indicate a firearm was used. Remmah2 Mar 2012 #126