Posted on 06/22/2014 5:34:56 AM PDT by SoFloFreeper
Gov. Rick Scott approved several pro-gun bills Friday that covered everything from clarifying use of force to ending insurance discrimination against gun owners.
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But Biden already said two shotgun shots in the air were ok and enough to frighten off an intruder...
I believe in doing what is right, but getting myself to do the right thing is a challenge.
As for politics, I participate, but I participate with open eyes and I don’t like what I see and I will act accordingly voting Third Party and write-ins if I feel that is the right thing to do.
The GOP seems to be in an awkward state right now. Not quite bad enough to repudiate as a whole for something else. Not quite good enough to satisfy for the moment.
But maybe we were wrong to be satisfied with any politician ever, and God let this become obvious. We should have kept an eternal point of view in mind and always, always asked God to make better what is lacking, knowing this will never produce a utopia (this is but a temporary world) but ever desiring and striving that “Thy kingdom come.”
I am not asking to euphemize or pretend problems away. I am asking to put the problems and the prospective reactions in proper perspective. An ounce of prayer does more good than a ton of carping.
And at the top of that Constitution what does it say... We The People. That’s who has to be willing to desire the improvement to the point of putting legs to the desire.
Virginia is very clear on this. If you brandish, you had better be able to shoot. If no immenent threat, then keep it holstered.
Unfortunately, a guy got convicted of brandishing for shifting his gun from his holster to his glove box. It’s still on appeal, but in the meantime, he’s had his CHP suspended. A bogus decision, as he never pointed it at the bus driver who complained, but still on his record.
Is the governor planning to pardon Marissa Alexander?
I gather the wacko prosecutor, Angela Corey, the same one that prosecuted Zimmerman, is trying to refile charges against Alexander, in that she was unsatisfied that Alexander *only* got 20 years. Corey wants her to have to serve 60 years!
Corey obviously needs to be fired. She’s nuts.
See my #28, and the link therein. The media hype is "she only fired a warning shot". The reality is her bullet narrowly missed his head, making it more likely she just missed and then claimed "I was only doing a warning shot".
Due to lack of ammunition we have stopped firing warning shots. :-)
shows for shots, aggregated for aggravated... I thought I had proof read that. No more posting from the smartphone - it “helps” too much.
Still, the question remains, is that enough for a 20 year sentence in prison, much less the 60 years that the prosecutor now wants?
I remember reading in the specifics of the case that yes, she did seem to be carrying out an act of domestic violence with threatening. But typically that rates as a serious misdemeanor or low grade felony.
I think it sums up government nicely when government has to pass laws telling people who work for the government that a pop-tart isn’t a gun.
>>If he is threatening the children who are still in the room with him?
The child was in another room...in the direction she fired her “warning shot”. That was one of the aggravating circumstances of this case.
Back from church.....and I agree.
Gog IS sovereign in all things.......
It really IS difficult to convey thoughts over the internet....
I am totally at one with God’s providence.....
But my heart mourns for the
America that was......the America our forefathers fought and died for, and our military continues to sacrifice for.
I thank Him always for His tender mercies.......and pray those mercies for our country.
We are underserving.......corporately we have turned a blind eye on the deaths of 50 million babies.
But He will have mercy on whom He will have mercy.
So I continue to petition, beseech and press on toward the goal.
Happily, His policy for having mercy really hasn’t changed. It requires being humble enough to ask for it and mean it.
I would classify it as attempted murder, as I think she intended to shoot him and missed. The 20 year sentence seems appropriate.
Why fire only one bullet? If you miss, try, try again.
One can fire a bullet in the heat of anger, and then realize “Oh, sh**, I’m going to prison for this!”, and stop.
But that raises the point, can you tell intent after the fact? She might have indeed intended to kill him (20-60 years); but she might also have just intended to intimidate him (1-5 years); and, yes, she might have told the truth that he approached her in a menacing fashion, though this last one is unlikely.
The only forensic way to determine her intent would be the angle at which the bullet entered the ceiling. If the angle would have put it at his head level at some point, then attempted murder is more likely. But if the bullet had a more vertical angle, unless he was standing over her, it was likely not aimed at him.
The Defendant then returned to the kitchen with the firearm in her hand and pointed it in the direction of all three Victims. [Grey] put his hands in the air. Defendant shot at [Grey], nearly missing his head.She did NOT shoot into the ceiling. She shot in the direction of her ex's head. Since he's taller than her, the bullet traveled at an upward angle, though the wall, and through the next room....The bullet traveled through the kitchen wall and into the ceiling of the living room.
This reflects my opinion that she meant to shoot him in the head, and missed.
Forensic evidence wins the day. Attempted murder. So, do you think 20 or 60 years is appropriate?
Twenty years seems appropriate. Unfortunately, she is likely to come out of prison even more crazy and violent than she went in as. She’ll just be older and have less energy.
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