[Nfbf-l] Stand your ground and s2188

[Sherri]

That's a valid point John, but in the case of the vigilante wanna-be cop, 
the story is different. There are phone calls to prove what happened. The 
stand-your-ground law just needs to be specifically defined in what that 
means and those who choose to go outside its parameters should be held 
accountable.

By the way, Fox news, that Bastian of fairness that it is, basically said 
that same thing--the same things that are being said about the issue on CNN 
and other "less fair and balanced" and I put that in quotes, networks.

What our founding fathers valued in the framing of our constitution is the 
right to free speech. We have the right in this country, unless people at 
either extreme of opinion try to take it away, of free speech and the right 
to our own opinions. That is what I feel we are in danger of losing.

If people can place suspicion on a black kid walking home from the store 
with Skittles and a can of iced tea, when will they also decide that because 
we are blind or otherwise disabled, our lives aren't worth as much or maybe 
we don't have as much to contribute. It's a slippery slope we are on and 
that slope affects the blind.

Sherri
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "john schwery" <jschwery at embarqmail.com>
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In an attempt to make this relevant,I will say
that I know of a blind guy who lives in Alabama
who defended his property with a shotgun.  He
heard somebody on his property who should not
have been there and shot at him.  It has been a
few years since I heard the story so I don't
remember if he hit the guy or not.  The county
sheriff knew him and had no problem with him
shooting a gun.  If guns are banned, the criminals will still have them.

earlier, Sherri, wrote:
>Jody, I'm not asking to do away with our constitutional rights. I'm just 
>asking to do away with this stand-your-graound law or at least to make the 
>requirements for its enforcement more definitive. I do not understand why 
>Trayvon's killer was not arrested--why he is not being held responsible for 
>his actions.
>----- Original Message ----- From: "Jody W. Ianuzzi" 
><jody at thewhitehats.com>
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>Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2012 1:49 PM
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>
>
>>Hi Tara,
>>
>>I strongly disagree with your stand on gun control.  I am a member of the
>>NRA and I believe in our Second Amendment rights for responsible gun 
>>owners
>>to carry a gun.
>>
>>The tragedy of the teen shooting was horrible and the shooter should be
>>prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law but the fact he had a gun does
>>not make all gun owners evil.
>>
>>Should we revoke all drivers licenses because some drivers are wreckless 
>>or
>>some drivers drive while drunk?  NO!
>>
>>The simple fact is that MOST gun owners are responsible and realize the
>>seriousness of their actions.
>>
>>When I was a kid all boys and most girls carried a pocket knife to school
>>but now that would be considered a major offense.
>>
>>It is not the gun or the knife or the car that is the problem it is the 
>>rare
>>but tragic actions of an irresponsible person that is the problem.
>>
>>If our society succeeded in banning all guns, knives and other dangerous
>>weapons then irrational crazy people would use a stick, a rock or their 
>>bare
>>hands to hurt other people.
>>
>>As for your cane incident, many years ago  there was a guy with a folded
>>cane in his back pucker who was stopped by a police officer for carry a
>>weapon and when the cop asked the guy what he had in his pocket the guy
>>thought he was being mugged.  He stood to defend himself and the cop beat
>>him up.  the cop's defense was the guy should have seen he was wearing a
>>uniform.  So are you going to ban cops too?
>>
>>So think twice before your misinformation guides you in restricting my gun
>>ownership rights, they are one of the few things left in the Constitution
>>that hasn't been trashed.
>>
>>JODY
>>
>>
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