Recent content by Chairshot

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These words are extremely hollow considering that the guy with the gun ended up shooting the guy without the gun.

Christo beat me to it but this is the actual reason correctional officers don't carry guns. They are outnumbered and could very easily have a weapon taken from them. There is no way anyone wants that weapon to be a gun.Also, I find it to be very bad logic to say that carrying a gun makes a...

And we have our Hitler reference.Lock it up. :IBTL:

Right, fair enough. I'm not sure that fact really changes the point I'm attempting to make, tho. It's obviously only my opinion, but I would say Zimmerman, as captain (and maybe only member?) of his neighborhood watch appeared to always be on guard and seemed to take his role in that watch...

I think it would be very reasonable to say that he didn't want to run because he would know that makes him look guilty of something. I'm sure 17 year old pride probably played into it, as well.It doesn't really make sense to me that Martin would be looking for a fight. I mean, maybe he was...

Why do you think this? We know he followed Martin for at least a short time, which would seem to indicate that he at least was willing to be in a physical confrontation, even if he wasn't specifically looking for one. We know he carried a gun, which would seem to be prep for a potential...

I've read the law but since I'm not a lawyer, I'm not going to presume that I understand it completely. It seems like you can start a fight but if the other guy gets the upper hand and you yield somehow, then you get your lethal force rights back, but I'm not sure I have a correct...

CH's hypothetical doesn't have the right to self defense passing back and forth. It has it where they are both afraid so they both have the right to use lethal force. Is that a legal possibility?

If this is actually true, then Florida law is pretty disgusting in regard to this issue.

I'd like a lawyer type to clear this up...it would seem to me that in order for someone to claim self-defense, that means another person needs to be an aggressor. I don't see how 2 people can be "self-defending" at the same time. At least one person has to be the aggressor. If Martin is...

Yeah, but I was under the impression that when claiming self-defense you have to make a case for it. I believe that Zimmerman will have to show some sort of evidence that his life was in danger and that it was reasonable for him to believe that his life was in danger. My understanding is that...

This is a strange post. There is also no proof that Zimmerman wasn't pursuing Martin. No proof that Martin did attack Zimmerman. No proof that Zimmerman was not a willing participant in the struggle.Plus, wouldn't it be on Zimmerman to prove, at least in some respect, that Martin did attack...

She seems like she has better mental and emotional health than most girls who are a third of her size. I hope she wins.

That's not really answering the question, but I guess you can respond how you want.I'm sure you can imagine a situation where your son might feel cornered. Given the fact that you seem to trust your son, I doubt you would assume he was in the wrong if he told you he felt scared/intimidated and...