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OftenBen  ·  2437 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Shooting in self-defense

    A momentary lapse in judgement is a death-penalty offense?

    Are we ok with that?

Alternate ending to this story: Your physically inferior friend gets struck once by a larger, angry opponent. Her head hits the ground just wrong and dies because of another person's momentary lapse in judgment. When life is on the line I side with the defender over the aggressor. Those willing to use violence against a person who has not offered them violence first negate the right to have minimal force applied. There are no fair fights. Nature demonstrates this daily.