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Hanrahan

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  1. 8 minutes ago, Bravo said:

    If he is grabbing at your gun after saying he is going to kill you and after chasing you then I think you are way above the line you need to kill that person. Are you serious?

    Yeah, I get that.  I guess I'm just not comfortable with the kid and the gun.  Had the kid had a stick and been in the same situation and beat the guy to death, he'd be screwed.  Cause he would have had to beat him a bunch of times and a good chunk of that beating would have happened after the threat was neutralized.  If he had a knife and stabbed him a dozen times, he'd probably be screwed.  A gun is different because it is such an overwhelming escalation of any force or threat other than another gun.  And that idiot kid is the one who injected an ar-15 into the scenario.  I guess I'm just not a Rambo type who thinks idiots should be running around riots carrying assault weapons.  I would have a very high threshold before a person can legally start shooting another person.  If you want to carry around the any-confrontation-Trump-card, I think you should have a legal duty to act with the utmost care.  I don't think standard self defense law really accounts for that.

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  2. 18 minutes ago, Bravo said:

    the answer is yes especially when being chased by them. also, when the guy that get shots says earlier I'm going to kill you motherfuckers.

    Yeah, that certainly would change the calculus.  But it still doesn't seem like a slam dunk.  People threaten to kill folks all the time, especially in the heat of the moment.  But they almost never do it.  The percentage of angry dudes who actually kill someone after making that threat in a confrontation is what?  A tenth of a percent?  I don't think the threat get you there alone.  Add in the chasing, maybe.  But I'm still uncomfortable activating a license to kill in the absence of an true, imminent threat - like a gun or knife coming at you or being on the receiving end of a serious beating.  It's a hard line to find.

  3. I read part of this thread and watch some of the testimony.  I get the arguments both sides are making.  The question that I have is if you approach someone with a gun, say "fuck you," and grab at it, does that give the gun owner the right to shoot you?  Even if you add it the crazy atmosphere and the erratic behavior, are you reasonably in such fear of death or serious bodily injury (or whatever the particular standard is) that you can then shoot the guy?

  4. 3 minutes ago, StruggleBus said:

    We just logged .1 inches in San Antonio. Winds gusting up to 10 mph. Neighbor has some sticks in his yard that definitely weren’t there before.
     

    I’ll continue to check in here so that y’all know I’m okay. 

    Stay strong and keep hunkered down.  Now is the time to keep calm.

  5. 20 hours ago, Huckleberry said:

    What's the source for your text, OP? I still disagree with the decision but what I read was that it was made because of CATI's being coopted by white supremacist and insurrectionist groups. 

    And the absurdity of saying that it has been "deemed" anti-Mexican when as others have noted anti-Mexicanism  was the entire point of the slogan is mesmerizing. What's next? Will we later come to learn that Don't Tread On Me is anti-English?

    Plz no step on snek

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  6. 9 hours ago, Updawg said:


    So far. But just get through the next few weeks of her finding her new home. It sometimes takes a bit for them. But good for you. It will be worthwhile. Lots of walks and exercise and socializing is key

    She seems to be doing really well.  She is crate trained and woke up about 2:00 am sounding distressed.  I took her out for about five minutes and she crawled back inside and went to sleep.  She's been a happy dog other than that.

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  7.    I have a name like that, and that's exactly what happened to me my entire life. Lol. People think they are clever, not knowing it's the 10,000th time you've heard it. Those same people happened to be the "he's so articulate" people as well. Not that it would be a surprise they were the same group.

    Are you the guy that’s into pegging?
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