Stand Your Ground Law

[Benton]

(07-25-2018, 02:44 AM)Beaker Wrote: That's because he is not an innocent victim, and therefore, not blameless. He should not have felt entitled enough to illegally park in a handicap space. Nor should his first course of action been physical assault.

On the other hand the shooter deserves blame for appointing himself parking police, accosting the gf, and using deadly force as his first course of action.

Blame where blame is due.

No. someone's bad parking job doesn't give a person the right to be belligerent. He was the aggressor.

The entire point behind "stand your ground" laws is giving people the right to defend themselves when they feel threatened. McGlockton did that. His family was threatened, so he assaulted the guy, who then shot him. Blame is on Drejka for being the aggressor. 

(07-25-2018, 08:54 AM)jason Wrote: It took a thread on Stand Your Ground laws to make me realize that I have gone from being a father to being a baby daddy this year.

I wouldn't gauge that by the definition used in this thread. Generally, a "baby daddy" is someone who has a kid with a woman he isn't married to, moves on and has little to no contact with the child. 

Which is why it's unfortunate the alt-right is trying to trivialize a guy's death by referring to him as a baby daddy. I don't know a lot about him, but he had three kids, all with the same woman with whom he was involved with for 9 years. And he died trying to prevent them from being accosted.