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shadowrider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 08:42 AM Original message |
Iowa: Stand Your Ground Legislation Passes in the House Public Safety Committee |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 09:00 AM Response to Original message |
1. So if someone open carries a gun & someone feels intimidated by them, they can just start shooting? |
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GreenStormCloud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 09:34 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. No. The same self defense rules as always apply. |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 09:42 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Who determines "credible"? What statutes define "credible"? There are none - insanity |
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GreenStormCloud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 10:34 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. I used the word "credible" as a shorthand for the standard legal definition. |
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speltwon (699 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 01:07 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. Actually no |
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GreenStormCloud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 01:47 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. OK. Thanks for the post. |
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speltwon (699 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 01:51 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Thx. otoh to quote Dirty Harry on intent |
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ProgressiveProfessor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 10:59 AM Response to Reply #3 |
6. It is a judgment call that can be second guessed, and if the people doing it are anti rights |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 10:02 PM Response to Reply #6 |
12. So after the Monday Morning QBs decide on what is 'credible" the dead victims get ther lives back? |
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ProgressiveProfessor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 12:25 AM Response to Reply #12 |
13. You mean perps, not victims |
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PavePusher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 12:00 PM Response to Reply #1 |
8. Being intentionally disingenuous on the internet is a very old game... |
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sharesunited (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 09:52 AM Response to Original message |
4. Emboldened with a gun and an attitude is no way to go through life son. |
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ProgressiveProfessor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 10:59 AM Response to Reply #4 |
7. Neither is being anti working man and anti civil rights |
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