05-16-2009, 01:44 PM
I don't understand why this whole thing is so controversial. No one here is questioning a homeowner's right to protect property, and there are many effective ways to do this; Fences, dogs, lights, alarms, cameras, non lethal firearms to name a few. Ever been hit by a paintball gun set on a higher pressure? Hurts like hell(and leaves an identifying splotch)
The use of lethal force is the issue. The laws are very clear on it. I don't know how this trial will shake out, but so far it sounds like lethal force wasn't warranted (even if the victim was a career criminal)
The reason I feel this way is because I fear paranoid, untrained, angry, addicts with shotguns more than I fear pot rippers. Then there is the next person shot, who may not be a criminal, but instead Auntie Bertha stumbling around in the dark looking for her poodle.
Finally, before some one questions my addicts comment, I realize that pakalolo has many beneficial qualities and legalization would solve a lot of problems. It can be, however, addictive to some one with the gene (like me). I personally feel that a great many of the people with marijuana certificates just want to get high.
Metcalf is going to jail. Do you think he feels it will be worth it, or is he re thinking his actions? lquade mentioned that he would shoot an intruder and do the time. I respect this a lot more than the people who are trying to make a hero and example out of someone who so obviously f*cked up.
punatoons
The use of lethal force is the issue. The laws are very clear on it. I don't know how this trial will shake out, but so far it sounds like lethal force wasn't warranted (even if the victim was a career criminal)
The reason I feel this way is because I fear paranoid, untrained, angry, addicts with shotguns more than I fear pot rippers. Then there is the next person shot, who may not be a criminal, but instead Auntie Bertha stumbling around in the dark looking for her poodle.
Finally, before some one questions my addicts comment, I realize that pakalolo has many beneficial qualities and legalization would solve a lot of problems. It can be, however, addictive to some one with the gene (like me). I personally feel that a great many of the people with marijuana certificates just want to get high.
Metcalf is going to jail. Do you think he feels it will be worth it, or is he re thinking his actions? lquade mentioned that he would shoot an intruder and do the time. I respect this a lot more than the people who are trying to make a hero and example out of someone who so obviously f*cked up.
punatoons