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Florida man who claimed self-defense after shooting man over parking spot sentenced

Lutherf

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Florida man who claimed self-defense after shooting man over parking spot sentenced | Fox News


20 years sounds about right and I wouldn't have complained about more. Shooting someone over a parking space is flat out murder and claiming self defense with regard to a fight you started needs to be severely punished. Kind of reminds me of that guy that shot a car full of kids because their stereo was too loud for his taste.
 

Yep, but you get half of that sentence for killing someone in self-defense who was sitting on their couch, watching TV and eating ice cream.
 
ttwtt78640 said:
Yep, but you get half of that sentence for killing someone in self-defense who was sitting on their couch, watching TV and eating ice cream.
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.....and hugs and the good book!
 
Rexedgar said:
Why do you hate wretches?
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I don't unless they decide that it's OK to kill people when they are dazed and confused. Even then, it's not hate - just a desire to see them locked up for a very long time.
 
So much for the myth of the "good guy with a gun".

It's 2019. Anyone walking around with a handgun in a modern developed country has a screw loose.
 
Allan said:
So much for the myth of the "good guy with a gun".

It's 2019. Anyone walking around with a handgun in a modern developed country has a screw loose.
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And now we get the entirely unreasonable response to a reasonable conviction and sentencing. It's little wonder that gun grabbers aren't taken seriously by anyone other than gun grabbers.
 
I remember the video. The shooter didn't like people who didn't have a handicap sign parking in a handicap spot, it was that simple. He wasn't arguing about his car, he was fired up about the spot the guy parked in.

Oddly enough I've seen more than one video of cops performing executions from incidents they escalate and walk. Justice served.
 
Lutherf said:
And now we get the entirely unreasonable response to a reasonable conviction and sentencing. It's little wonder that gun grabbers aren't taken seriously by anyone other than gun grabbers.
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I own guns and have since I was 16. I hunt and target shoot.

My buddies who hunt and target shoot think anyone who thinks they have to walk around with a sidearm is kookie. They are either cowards or nutty.
 
Allan said:
I own guns and have since I was 16. I hunt and target shoot.

My buddies who hunt and target shoot think anyone who thinks they have to walk around with a sidearm is kookie. They are either cowards or nutty.
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If you hunt and target shoot then you should know damned well that not everyone (or even "most") who carries is a coward or a nut.
 
ttwtt78640 said:
Yep, but you get half of that sentence for killing someone in self-defense who was sitting on their couch, watching TV and eating ice cream.
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Blue privilege.
 
Lutherf said:
If you hunt and target shoot then you should know damned well that not everyone (or even "most") who carries is a coward or a nut.
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If they carry the gun around because they think they need protection they are cowards. It's a stupid as if I was walking around with a baseball bat in case someone attacked me. It's no different.
 
Allan said:
If they carry the gun around because they think they need protection they are cowards. It's a stupid as if I was walking around with a baseball bat in case someone attacked me. It's no different.
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Maybe it is a stupid idea but it's not as stupid as not carrying a gun when schools, churches, retail stores, restaurants and all kinds of other places go have been shot up in recent years. It's an extra pound or two on my belt that nobody needs to know about unless they decide to do something that necessitates a need to know about it. Think about poor Juicy Smollett. He could have saved himself all kinds of problems if he was carrying and defended himself from his attackers.
 

If you're carrying a gun around - you are the danger.
 
Allan said:
If you're carrying a gun around - you are the danger.
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Look, I'm well aware of your opinion. If you want to discuss the merits of that opinion I'm in but if all you want to do is keep repeating it then I'm done.
 
Allan said:
I own guns and have since I was 16. I hunt and target shoot.

My buddies who hunt and target shoot think anyone who thinks they have to walk around with a sidearm is kookie. They are either cowards or nutty.
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I'm guessing you don't live in Chicago or Baltimore, where every "nutty," "coward" drug dealer is packing concealed heat even though it's illegal and the only thing they hunt is each other.
 
Ahlevah said:
I'm guessing you don't live in Chicago or Baltimore, where every "nutty," "coward" drug dealer is packing concealed heat even though it's illegal and the only thing they hunt is each other.
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I've spent time in Chicago. Didn't feel so scared I needed a gun on me.
 
Allan said:
I've spent time in Chicago. Didn't feel so scared I needed a gun on me.
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I have, too--in the downtown business district. Did you walk in one of the choice neighborhoods in the South Side at night? I'll take that in advance as a "No." If you did then who's the
kook? :2wave:
 
Ahlevah said:
I have, too--in the downtown business district. Did you walk in one of the choice neighborhoods in the South Side at night? I'll take that in advance as a "No." If you did then who's the
kook? :2wave:
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You mean the areas with idiots that are walking around with guns? Those guys? The cowards/kooks who think they need to be armed?

That's exactly my point.
 
Allan said:
You mean the areas with idiots that are walking around with guns? Those guys? The cowards/kooks who think they need to be armed?

That's exactly my point.
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So it was a "No" then? Duly noted. :lol:
 
Allan said:
So much for the myth of the "good guy with a gun".

It's 2019. Anyone walking around with a handgun in a modern developed country has a screw loose.
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I don't agree with our current gun laws. I think we need to be stricter. I do.

However not everyone with a gun is Drejka or even share his mindset. If you made it outside around town today there were probably 100 armed people near you at various points who didn't shoot you or anyone else.

IMO this type of response is why no one ever really can have a reasonable discussion about guns and come to an actual plan to improve. This topic, like so many others, is not that black and white. It seems all anyone wants, or at least the loud mouths who get the attention is no guns or guns for all. There is a huge middle ground there and pretending everyone with a gun is evil, or that because this guy was not "a good guy with a gun" that no one is or can be. You are just as big a part of the problem as the gun nuts on the other side of your truthless claim.
 
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