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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsYou’d like to kill somebody and you’d prefer to do it legally. No problem — move to Florida.
Youd like to kill somebody and youd prefer to do it legally. No problem its easy.
Move to somewhere like Florida. Hunt your target down and make sure there are no witnesses. Shoot that person dead. Then say you feared for your life.
Chances are, youll never be charged. Thanks to National Rifle Association lobbyists, nearly half of all states have a law just like Floridas, which makes it difficult to prosecute the neighborhood vigilante who stalked and fatally shot a black teen last month. (New Jersey isnt one of the states.)
http://blog.nj.com/njv_editorial_page/2012/03/travyon_martins_shooting_by_ge.html
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You’d like to kill somebody and you’d prefer to do it legally. No problem — move to Florida. (Original Post)
Sarah Ibarruri
Mar 2012
OP
That's it. It gives a way for whackos and nutjobs to be able to shoot people and go free. nt
Sarah Ibarruri
Mar 2012
#7
They seem to be unaware that there is no duty to retreat in about 1/2 the states
ProgressiveProfessor
Mar 2012
#5
Response to Sarah Ibarruri (Original post)
DrDan This message was self-deleted by its author.
denverbill
(11,489 posts)2. You can easily provoke someone, just like Zimmermann.
Did your ex-wife find a new beau? No problem. Follow him to work, start screaming obscenities at him, and when he turns to face you gun him down. Why not? He might have had a gun and he was turning toward you in a threatening manner.
Sarah Ibarruri
(21,043 posts)7. That's it. It gives a way for whackos and nutjobs to be able to shoot people and go free. nt
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zbdent
(35,392 posts)4. and then convince the person to stop by your place ...
Sarah Ibarruri
(21,043 posts)6. Yup. Invite them over. That's all it takes. Sick law. nt
ProgressiveProfessor
(22,144 posts)5. They seem to be unaware that there is no duty to retreat in about 1/2 the states
frylock
(34,825 posts)8. so unaware that they actually mentioned it in the article..
it's even in the OP:
nearly half of all states have a law just like Floridas