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Gun Control & RKBA

cherokeeprogressive

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14. With this one the only logic is Gun! = Wrong! n/t

Reply to ManiacJoe (Reply #13)

Mon Jul 9, 2012, 07:36 PM

Jul 2012

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Shoot or No Shoot? [View all] Tejas Jul 2012 OP

The clerk would have been justified in shooting the guy slackmaster Jul 2012 #1

I'd say shoot.. EX500rider Jul 2012 #2

Everybody step back, that's a 100% hardcore badass right there 4th law of robotics Jul 2012 #3

I wouldn't shoot gejohnston Jul 2012 #4

If you could tell it was a toy gun that's one thing... EX500rider Jul 2012 #6

It is always unwise to point a toy gun at a cop, a citizen or a criminal ... spin Jul 2012 #5

Shoot whom? A simpleton with a toy gun? Starboard Tack Jul 2012 #7

the question is gejohnston Jul 2012 #9

Having watched the video a few times, I would have laughed. Starboard Tack Jul 2012 #15

no she didn't gejohnston Jul 2012 #18

Simpletons with toy guns have gotten themselves hurt or killed. Clames Jul 2012 #10

All the more reason to teach kids never to mess with handguns. Starboard Tack Jul 2012 #16

what does self defense have to do with it? gejohnston Jul 2012 #19

Has nothing to do with it. I was off topic again. Starboard Tack Jul 2012 #30

Well they are a valid tool for self defense... Clames Jul 2012 #20

Good luck with that kind of thinking. Starboard Tack Jul 2012 #31

Don't need luck. I had an excellent upbringing... Clames Jul 2012 #32

Um...do you have any support for that assertion? Lizzie Poppet Jul 2012 #33

Show me your verifiable data. Starboard Tack Jul 2012 #35

You're changing the argument. Lizzie Poppet Jul 2012 #39

In a previous post he has claimed that a "firm voice" is sufficient. N/T GreenStormCloud Jul 2012 #38

Yea that clerk was going to kill him with his change... virginia mountainman Jul 2012 #34

But our gun culture friends just can't miss out on an opportunity to try out their lethal weapons. Hoyt Jul 2012 #12

Hopefully not. I don't take them too seriously. Starboard Tack Jul 2012 #36

isn't it illegal to pull a toy gun on someone? isn't that akin to yelling fire in a crowded theatre Tuesday Afternoon Jul 2012 #8

Yes. It is the same as having a real gun in the eyes of the law. Starboard Tack Jul 2012 #17

As it turns out, shooting would have been wrong. You guys can have all your silly rules-of-thumb Hoyt Jul 2012 #11

Unfortunate, yes. You will need to explain your logic on "wrong". ManiacJoe Jul 2012 #13

With this one the only logic is Gun! = Wrong! n/t cherokeeprogressive Jul 2012 #14

That would imply there was logic being used at all. Clames Jul 2012 #23

You feel lucky? Well do you? Tejas Jul 2012 #21

Hoyt, I believe the law would be on the side of cashier. Had he decided to defend himself against Tuesday Afternoon Jul 2012 #22

C'mon. permatex Jul 2012 #24

How true Meiko Jul 2012 #26

maybe --- Tuesday Afternoon Jul 2012 #27

If you are savvy enough Meiko Jul 2012 #25

Since he did not have his finger on the trigger sarisataka Jul 2012 #28

Tejas, I am not sure what you are asking. Kennah Jul 2012 #29

No shoot - yet. GreenStormCloud Jul 2012 #37