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That's what they are supposed to do - but these aren't things that are applied fairly. Not so long ago, there was a woman arrested for firing a warning shot at
by Broken_Hippo 6y ago
That's what they are supposed to do - but these aren't things that are applied fairly.
Not so long ago, there was a woman arrested for firing a warning shot at her abusive spouse or boyfriend. She was jailed. Unsurprisingly, she was African-American. Women, in general, can't use this defense as often and minorities rarely can.
And few folks can use this against cops - you'd need someone to come to your aid and prove the cop did something wrong.
- Throwawayaerlei 6y agoYou left out the most important fact of the Marissa Alexander case: she left the room in which the confrontation was occurring, went to the attached garage, retrieved her handgun from her car, and then went back. There's also a question of whether it was a "warning shot" as she claims, or just bad marksmanship in trying to kill her husband, the facts strongly support the latter, and that's generally something for a jury to decide. Warning shots are also very strongly frowned upon for reasons that should be obvious. So Florida's stand your ground law provision had absolutely nothing to do with the case. Plus there's one now pretty old study out there that shows in Florida that blacks successfully used the stand your ground provision of Florida law as part of a self-defense affirmative defense more often than whites. The claim that women are disfavored in claiming self-defense is literally something I've never heard of.
- valuearb 6y agoSo stand your ground doesn’t allow you to get your gun to defend yourself against an abusive spouse?
- effingwewt 6y agoI imagine it would be seen as having left (given up your ground) and then returned thereby entering the other person's ground. I'm pretty sure even without stand yiur ground if you are in an altercation, leave, and return, it's seen as you are now the aggressor. I've seen this happen with fights without weapons involved (both in real life and shows like Live PD), and the charges are always serious if they left and came back, most especially with a weapon.
- CompanionCuuube 6y agoAre you arguing that stand your ground should protect someone who leaves a dangerous situation coming back with a gun?
- valuearb 6y agoI’m arguing if you are bring threatened in your own home you should have the right to go to another room to get a weapon to defend yourself.