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Gun Control & RKBA

Eleanors38

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10. So take SYG away. Think things would be different?

Reply to Glenn Vardy (Reply #8)

Mon Feb 17, 2014, 09:47 AM

Feb 2014

If someone shoots another, and there is the slightest chance self-defense could be argued, a defense attorney is going to say to his/her client "Oh, wait! The state of _________ doesn't have a SYG law. Too bad for you"?

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It's Official: SYG is legalized murder [View all] jpak Feb 2014 OP

Oh, right: that SYG law that wasn't invoked in either high-profile case. Lizzie Poppet Feb 2014 #1

Oh, right: that SYG law that exists whether it's invoked or not. Glenn Vardy Feb 2014 #8

And it may be fair to say that knowledge of the law exists in the shooter's mind, too. Lizzie Poppet Feb 2014 #9

So take SYG away. Think things would be different? Eleanors38 Feb 2014 #10

You are partly correct gejohnston Feb 2014 #13

Any proof? ileus Feb 2014 #2

It's jpak he doesn't provide proof or even reason he just trolls clffrdjk Feb 2014 #3

those toter gunner baser racists.... ileus Feb 2014 #6

In eight years since the Stand Your Ground law passed in Florida ... spin Feb 2014 #4

Cool Body Count - a Big Win for Gun Nuttery jpak Feb 2014 #14

Most of them were African Americans gejohnston Feb 2014 #15

All of them are dead thanks to SYG jpak Feb 2014 #16

but without SYG, gejohnston Feb 2014 #17

Yeah - tell that to Davis or Martin jpak Feb 2014 #18

SYG had nothing to do with either gejohnston Feb 2014 #19

Where is it official, other than your word. Packerowner740 Feb 2014 #5

How about the other 32 SYG states? gejohnston Feb 2014 #7

Stirring. Stirring. Stirring down the river... Eleanors38 Feb 2014 #11

What state is yours? Boom Sound 416 Feb 2014 #12

Message auto-removed Name removed Feb 2014 #20

How about this one? Straw Man Feb 2014 #21

in all fairness gejohnston Feb 2014 #22