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Gun Control & RKBA

friendly_iconoclast

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10. Also: If he thought someone was in the house- why'd he go on the porch, then?

Reply to friendly_iconoclast (Reply #9)

Tue Mar 3, 2020, 06:58 PM

Mar 2020

ANY self-defense course will tell you to a)get in a safe place w/ your defensive weapon AND STAY THERE b) while calling the cops

Damn shame that Jackie never got him the firearms training he needed...or maybe she did and
it didn't take.

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Husband of LA County DA pulls gun on Black Lives Matter protesters [View all] sarisataka Mar 2020 OP

They shouldn't be on the porch, but having people protest in front of your house is part of being mr_lebowski Mar 2020 #1

Anywhere you weren't married to a DA.... getagrip_already Mar 2020 #2

It was early AM....the D.A has had death threats....and people on their porch... AncientGeezer Mar 2020 #3

1) He should have called the cops, and kept the door shut, and 2) he had his finger on the trigger friendly_iconoclast Mar 2020 #4

Poor F_C...thinks "brandishing" is a thing...it's not in a defensive situation. AncientGeezer Mar 2020 #5

The standard is *reasonable* fear, like an intruder in your house, or armed. Neither apply here. friendly_iconoclast Mar 2020 #6

And finger on the trigger is how people get shot by accident... friendly_iconoclast Mar 2020 #7

Now you are just making shit up.... AncientGeezer Mar 2020 #8

"Well, who ya gonna believe, me or your own eyes?" Sure thing, Chico... friendly_iconoclast Mar 2020 #9

Also: If he thought someone was in the house- why'd he go on the porch, then? friendly_iconoclast Mar 2020 #10

Because that's were MOST of the activity was. AncientGeezer Mar 2020 #11

Then he acted foolishly (and I would argue, illegally) - with his finger on the trigger, to boot friendly_iconoclast Mar 2020 #12

exactly crono Mar 2020 #13

Update- Seems we won't be getting anymore defenses of Lacey's stupidity from that quarter: friendly_iconoclast Mar 2020 #14