He stood his ground?!! (Not?!!)

If someone throws popcorn, its natural to assume the beating is on its way, so you better pull your gun and shoot! Clearly this is now legally permissible and what was intended by the Conservatives and Jeb Bush when he signed the SYG law.
 
Right said:
If you act like a tough guy like he did then you take your chances that someone will perceive it as a threat. So if he had acted appropriately there wouldn't have been a problem. See how that works?
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God forbid that he take his texting out to the hall in consideration of ALL the other patrons in the theatre. Yet when asked to, felt compelled to engage in a theatre brawl.

BUT; he was texting his CHILD...it's about the children...unless of course they are unborn, then you can legally dispose of them. The irony of leftist ideologues on display once more.
 
Jarod said:
If someone throws popcorn, its natural to assume the beating is on its way, so you better pull your gun and shoot! Clearly this is now legally permissible and what was intended by the Conservatives and Jeb Bush when he signed the SYG law.
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Doesn't bother me. I follow the rules. I would suggest the same.
 
Jarod said:
If someone throws popcorn, its natural to assume the beating is on its way, so you better pull your gun and shoot! Clearly this is now legally permissible and what was intended by the Conservatives and Jeb Bush when he signed the SYG law.
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Was that the argument counselor; or are you once again making crap up as you go similar to your incredible "mind reading" abilities?

You know, for a self proclaimed lawyer, you're incredibly weak in the argument and facts department; I could chew you up and spit you out in a court.
 
Mott the Hoople said:
Man, some asshole throws popcorn at my wife and get's an oil stain on her Eileen Fisher silk blouse I promise you I won't have to do shit.

I'd feel sorry for the fool!
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Jarod said:
The SYG law has set a mindset in certain members of the public that it is acceptable to gun people down if you feel even slightly threatened. Depending on what the witnesses saw, and what this guy says in his defense, he might get away with it.

Repeal of the SYG law, or better yet, having never enacted it, might have prevented this from occurring.
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Dantès said:
Even in the wild west there were many towns where you had to turn in your gun when you arrived and could only pick it up when you left. They understood back in the nineteenth century that more guns = more gun deaths. It isn't hard to do the math. just count all the dead bodies!
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Jarod said:
I don't know that the guy thought about it like that, but I do know that the SYG law has set a certain attitude in the minds of some that the second they feel threatened they are going to go for their gun.

They don't first think, "hey, can I retreat from this situation."

They go to gun ranges and practice for the moment, many are very sure the moment is coming, that they feel threatened. They carry the gun waiting on the moment, again they are sure the moment is coming, that they feel threatened.

Plenty of people are walking around very frightened in public, because exposure to the current media has resulted in a very exaggerated view of the danger. They are ready and going to take action. A movie theater is particularly a place of heightened fear for those people after the Batman massacre.
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Jarod said:
Another important point for wackjobs is to note that being against this SYG law, does not mean someone wants guns banned.
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Jarod said:
I don't know if he felt threatened or not, I am 95% sure he is going to claim he did.
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Of course he will, it's the only way the law works, just say you feared for your life!
 
the man was a retired police officer. he was expertly trained and formerly paid to protect and serve. he can do no wrong and MUST be given an extreme amount of latitude as per his training, otherwise cops wouldn't want to do the job. right zappa?
 
Darla said:
Well that's the problem isn't it? Too many gun carriers, let's be blunt, are nothing but little pussies who got wedgies every day in school and are looking to make up for it by carrying a gun and starting shit. Zimmerman doesn't have a gun, he's too big a pussy to say boo to Martin. A guy who beats on women always is isn't he?

This stupid old shit would never have the balls to start shit with a guy a third or half his age without a gun.

It's the equivalent of liquid courage.

Look on this very thread. You have a guy who openly brags he'd kill a man for throwing fucking popcorn at his wife. You know why?

Because he's too big a pussy to take the guy on in an actual fight.
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You seem to think that EVERY person that carries a weapon uses them. I understand the emotional response to shootings, but we live in a country where there is almost one gun for every man woman and child. over 90% of all gun owners NEVER use their weapons in an act of violence. FAR more people use them to defend themselves, most without ever firing a shot. Read this article from Slate (not a pro-gun publication) it shows the good and the bad of firearms in the US. It is NOT all bad. http://www.slate.com/articles/healt..._deaths_and_self_defense_findings_from_a.html
 
Mott the Hoople said:
Oh yes. So do you think that if he's found guilty of second degree murder that he should be given a harsher sentence?
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No, just a prison sentence in general population. As a former police officer he should know better than anyone what the punishment is going to be and that he, as a former LEO, really doesn't want to go to prison.
 
Socrtease said:
You seem to think that EVERY person that carries a weapon uses them. I understand the emotional response to shootings, but we live in a country where there is almost one gun for every man woman and child. over 90% of all gun owners NEVER use their weapons in an act of violence. FAR more people use them to defend themselves, most without ever firing a shot. Read this article from Slate (not a pro-gun publication) it shows the good and the bad of firearms in the US. It is NOT all bad. http://www.slate.com/articles/healt..._deaths_and_self_defense_findings_from_a.html
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I stopped at 20x the murder rate of other high income countries. Nuff said
 
Socrtease said:
You seem to think that EVERY person that carries a weapon uses them. I understand the emotional response to shootings, but we live in a country where there is almost one gun for every man woman and child. over 90% of all gun owners NEVER use their weapons in an act of violence. FAR more people use them to defend themselves, most without ever firing a shot. Read this article from Slate (not a pro-gun publication) it shows the good and the bad of firearms in the US. It is NOT all bad. http://www.slate.com/articles/healt..._deaths_and_self_defense_findings_from_a.html
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If you notice I wrote "too many" not "EVERY"

Too many.
 
SmarterthanYou said:
the man was a retired police officer. he was expertly trained and formerly paid to protect and serve. he can do no wrong and MUST be given an extreme amount of latitude as per his training, otherwise cops wouldn't want to do the job. right zappa?
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Zappa??? The only poster I know of here with that slavish of an attitude towards cop is none other than USFfreedom.

However what is much funnier is that if this guy WASN'T a cop you'd be defending him right now! Too bad he's not a community watchman HUH!
 
evince said:
oh really ?

did he hit the old man?
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assault... is carried out by a threat of bodily harm coupled with an apparent, present ability to cause the harm.
battery... (1) an act by a defendant; (2) an intent to cause harmful or offensive contact on the part of the defendant; and (3) harmful or offensive contact to the plaintiff.
 
Darla said:
Zappa??? The only poster I know of here with that slavish of an attitude towards cop is none other than USFfreedom.

However what is much funnier is that if this guy WASN'T a cop you'd be defending him right now! Too bad he's not a community watchman HUH!
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So he was a cop. So what?
 
Darla said:
Zappa??? The only poster I know of here with that slavish of an attitude towards cop is none other than USFfreedom.

However what is much funnier is that if this guy WASN'T a cop you'd be defending him right now! Too bad he's not a community watchman HUH!
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you're sorely mistaken. not surprisingly. and you're also being ignorant of Zappa's slavish devotion to the highly trained and paid to keep order allowances for brutality
 
At lunch today, the waitress spilled some hot soup on me. If I had a gun, I coulda shot her. I was in fear for my life when I felt that scalding liquid spill onto me an it seemed to me she was harming me intentionally.
 
Jarod said:
At lunch today, the waitress spilled some hot soup on me. If I had a gun, I coulda shot her. I was in fear for my life when I felt that scalding liquid spill onto me an it seemed to me she was harming me intentionally.
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LMAO; remind me to NEVER hire you to represent me. Your arguments are incredibly stupid and weak.

Dunce.
 
Socrtease said:
You seem to think that EVERY person that carries a weapon uses them. I understand the emotional response to shootings, but we live in a country where there is almost one gun for every man woman and child. over 90% of all gun owners NEVER use their weapons in an act of violence. FAR more people use them to defend themselves, most without ever firing a shot. Read this article from Slate (not a pro-gun publication) it shows the good and the bad of firearms in the US. It is NOT all bad. http://www.slate.com/articles/healt..._deaths_and_self_defense_findings_from_a.html
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Bravo; sadly, you mistake Darla for someone interested in HONEST debate.
 
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