Where a Hispanic Catholic, and a Computer Geek write about Gun Rights, Self Defense and whatever else we can think about.
On last night’s episode of In Plain Sight, Marshall Marshall proposed to his her girlfriend. Nothing special as TV goes, but the location was interesting. Marshall had been trying to get a reservation at a fancy restaurant but could not. Mary got him an alternate location that not only was as busy as the fancy restaurant but even better for his romantic purposes: A gun range.
Yup….. and this is why We Are Winning.
PS: My eyes shed a tear or two… it was Soooooo romantic! 😉
If you have spent anytime reading the accounts of what can happen if your state has a Stand Your Ground law, you should be sick of the amounts of lies and misinformation (but I repeat myself) that are freely spread all over. It actually reads like the disclaimers in prescription drug pamphlets & TV ads.
Withe the big caveat that I am not a Lawyer, not played on on TV, let’s get to basics. In order to claim self defense under Stand Your Ground, you need to properly explain to authorities three basic but unmovable concepts were present: Ability, Opportunity and Jeopardy.
Ability means that the attacker possessed the means capable of causing death or
grievous bodily harm.Opportunity is showing that the attacker was close enough to use their ability against you. Jeopardy is the reasonable belief that your life is in immediate danger. I want to repeat the word reasonable and pass along a detail I heard from somebody many years ago: “It is not quite what seems reasonable to you but what a jury agrees that it was reasonable. Otherwise you are pretty much f*****”.
You will need all three to make a convincing argument for self-defense. If you shoot somebody who attacked with a wiffle bat, you can pretty much start making plans about spending time wearing orange jumpers. The guy may be armed with a machete, but if he is two blocks away, claiming self defense is gonna sound stupid to anybody in the jury box and you will be provided with a long vacation in a very short cell.
So basically the claims we have been hearing that Stand Your Ground is a permit to kill without consequences and whenever you feel like, are just malicious bull by either people with an anti gun agenda and faithful followers of an easy way to write a news article without using much of a brain.
There are a couple of other details such as Disparity of Force the Defense of Others that have influence in a Self-Defense case but I am not covering here. However for averagte gun owners and members of the media that are actually interested in a basic introduction to Slef Defense, you may want to click this link and download What Every Gun Owner Needs to Know About Self-Defense Law, a small primer that will give you a good idea what the legal basis for self defense is all about.
The Journalist, Columnist & Editors are having a collective festival demanding the elimination of Stand Your Ground after the Zimmerman/Martin incident. My question is this, If we are going to”re-examine” a law because somebody allegedly did wrong with it, does that mean that we should “re-examine” the First Amendment and laws protecting it? Because Lord Knows the amount of lies and fabrications coming out of the media in the Martin case is downright amazing.
If you have not seen this movie, please do so. It will be a learning experience.
So you get jokes.
The commanding officer at the Russian military academy (the equivalent of a 4-star general in the U.S. ) gave a lecture on Potential Problems and Military Strategy. At the end of the lecture, he asked if there were any questions.
An officer stood up and asked, “Will there be a third world war? And, will Russia take part in it?”
The general answered both questions in the affirmative.
Another officer asked, “Who will be the enemy?”
The general replied, “All indications point to China .”
Everyone in the audience was shocked.
A third officer remarked,
“General, we are a nation of only 150 million, compared to the 1.5 billion Chinese. Can we win at all, or even survive?”
The general answered, “Just think about this for a moment: In modern warfare, it is not the quantity of soldiers that matters, but the quality of an army’s capabilities. For example, in the Middle East we have had a few wars recently where 5 million Jews fought against 150 million Arabs, and Israel was always victorious.”
After a small pause, yet another officer – from the back of the auditorium asked,
“Do we have enough Jews?”
I have not been paying much attention to Ladd & Josh lately so I decided to check this Twitter feed posted just minutes ago.
The Coalition to Stop Gun Rights Violence pretty much have a new petition with every sunset. But I am happy that I decided to check this one because it gave me a good and long laugh.
Americans for the Freedom To Buy Skittles Without Getting Shot? I swear this is almost a perfect 10 in the Shark Jumping Olympics (The East German judge once more had to screw the numbers) and makes it so clear that CSGV has become a sad joke in the world of Gun Control.
Another one like this and PETA may end up protesting in front of Ladd’s house.
