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Self Defense?
#1
No, this is not about Trayvon Martin.

Just got a "Breaking News" email saying:

CNN wrote:
Anders Behring Breivik pleads not guilty to Norway attacks, claims he killed 77 people "in self-defense."

I guess "the gun went off while I was cleaning it" was too far-fetched.

http://edition.cnn.com/2012/04/16/world/...index.html
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#2
The Muslims are coming, the Muslims are coming !
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#3
Hey - cut the guy some slack. It is entirely likely that some of those kids were pelting him with Skittles and offering him some iced tea. He needed to STAND HIS GROUND!!!!
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#4
Self defense because even paranoids have enemies. I expect it's an insanity plea, but they found him sane (enough) to stand trial.
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#5
As deftly postulated in Farenheit 911-- we're drowning in guns and murders because we're consumed with fear.
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#6
"I do not recognize the Norwegian court. You've gotten your mandate from political parties that support multiculturalism," he said.

"OK, we will make a note of that general objection," Judge Wenche Elizabeth Arntzen said curtly.



You get the feeling she'll be saying that a lot during this trial.

It'll be good for Norwegians when this trial is over. Not that anything particularly for victims' families can lessen this, but at least get his face out of the news.
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#7
Black wrote:
As deftly postulated in Farenheit 911-- we're drowning in guns and murders because we're consumed with fear.

:agree:

=wr=
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#8
I saw the other day that Missouri State lawmakers are reviewing legislation to block cities from using local restrictions to ban concealed handguns on city buses and trains. And I was saying to my husband, why do these lawmakers assume that life is going to be wonderful if I can ride on a bus with half or more riders carrying concealed weapons? Frankly, the idea is frightening to me. I can very easily imagine a gun fight breaking out for no reason better than someone wouldn't give up their seat to somebody, or some such thing. Fortunately, I don't live in Missouri, but just the idea of it gets me wound up.
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#9
Great article in this week's New Yorker about the history of gun control and how we got to where we are:
http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2012/...act_lepore
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#10
$tevie wrote: I can very easily imagine a gun fight breaking out for no reason better than someone wouldn't give up their seat to somebody, or some such thing.


"Sit Your Ground" laws?
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