Self defense is only acceptable if
- You are in a coma
- You are dead
- You can prove that the next punch would have been fatal
- You are a policeman, and the other person made a frightening movement which caused you to shoot him 27 times.
- You are a policeman, and the other person was holding a flashlight.
6. You are a cop and the other person is holding a scary looking garden hose which caused you to fear for your life and shoot him 34 times (with a pause to reload just to be sure).
Reblogged this on The Firewall.
7. You are a mother standing on her front porch, holding a baby, which is a potentially dangerous projectile
8. You are an elderly man who hears a noise outside, and opens the door, which is a known threatening move.
I watched every televised moment of the trial until today. About 10 minutes of Bernie’s crap had my blood pressure going ballistic and I tuned him out. I ‘ll catch Mark’s closing tomorrow, then pray a lot. Any one of us could be sitting where George Zimmerman is. He didn’t do anything much different than I would have done it.
9. You are 7 plain clothes revenuers and your target is a scared shitless 20 year old innocent college student.
10. You are a Swat member and didn’t realize there was anyone home.
You’re a white-Hispanic who doesn’t look like you could be my son:)
Off topic: My mother had me as an act of spite, because she hated the capitalist American society and needed someone to carry on the torch!