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Originally Posted by bronco67
Can you imagine what a bar would be like on a Saturday night if most of the patrons were carrying guns? There would be constant news stories about 10 people dying because someone spilled beer on the wrong person.
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Interestingly this is exactly the kind of scenarios that the media warned about when Florida was passing it's "right to carry" laws. They all published dire predictions of shoot outs in the streets every time there was a fender bender.
In the meantime, the exact opposite happened. Crime and violent crime decreased dramatically the next year, and of the well over 100,000 permits issued in the state, less than 50 have had to be revoked for violations, (most of which were for non-gun related violations). Over and over again, in every one of the over 40 states that are "right to carry", the fact that a law abiding person can carry the means to defend themselves does NOT suddenly make them into some kind of "Dirty Harry" vigilante.
In this case, if there is no evidence that the shooter had a reason to fear for his life, then he will be convicted of murder, and that will be that. As I posted on the first page, almost half of those that claim "stand your ground" are convicted of murder. Just because his lawyer is invoking "stand your ground" does not mean it will be found to apply. Just like an "insanity" plea doesn't always work either.
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