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Sarah Ibarruri

(21,043 posts)
Fri Mar 23, 2012, 11:47 AM Mar 2012

You’d like to kill somebody and you’d prefer to do it legally. No problem — move to Florida.


You’d like to kill somebody and you’d prefer to do it legally. No problem — it’s 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, you’ll never be charged. Thanks to National Rifle Association lobbyists, nearly half of all states have a law just like Florida’s, which makes it difficult to prosecute the neighborhood vigilante who stalked and fatally shot a black teen last month. (New Jersey isn’t 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
This message was self-deleted by its author DrDan Mar 2012 #1
You can easily provoke someone, just like Zimmermann. denverbill Mar 2012 #2
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
This message was self-deleted by its author Obamanaut Mar 2012 #3
and then convince the person to stop by your place ... zbdent Mar 2012 #4
Yup. Invite them over. That's all it takes. Sick law. nt Sarah Ibarruri Mar 2012 #6
They seem to be unaware that there is no duty to retreat in about 1/2 the states ProgressiveProfessor Mar 2012 #5
so unaware that they actually mentioned it in the article.. frylock Mar 2012 #8

Response to Sarah Ibarruri (Original post)

denverbill

(11,489 posts)
2. You can easily provoke someone, just like Zimmermann.
Fri Mar 23, 2012, 12:31 PM
Mar 2012

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.

Response to Sarah Ibarruri (Original post)

frylock

(34,825 posts)
8. so unaware that they actually mentioned it in the article..
Fri Mar 23, 2012, 03:56 PM
Mar 2012

it's even in the OP:

nearly half of all states have a law just like Florida’s

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