07-24-2013, 12:59 PM
^ Yeah, I thought the bit about not having any stats was a clear sign that the senator is riding the current wave before the tides change.
I think the changes proposed in Alabama make sense, on the surface, regardless of any political motivations behind them.
SYG laws shouldn't be so broad as to encourage citizens to play cop, go all vigilante, or kill just because they wanna and then lie knowing that they have a legal defense that's hard to disprove.
I don't object to laws that allow people to defend themselves with greater force when they've been attacked or had some criminal act perpetrated upon them. But, if states wanna retain SYG laws in public places, it make sense to me that SYG not apply when someone follows another person and provokes the confrontation based only on suspicion or because they otherwise feel like it.
I think the changes proposed in Alabama make sense, on the surface, regardless of any political motivations behind them.
SYG laws shouldn't be so broad as to encourage citizens to play cop, go all vigilante, or kill just because they wanna and then lie knowing that they have a legal defense that's hard to disprove.
I don't object to laws that allow people to defend themselves with greater force when they've been attacked or had some criminal act perpetrated upon them. But, if states wanna retain SYG laws in public places, it make sense to me that SYG not apply when someone follows another person and provokes the confrontation based only on suspicion or because they otherwise feel like it.