[Repeat Offender]

In the melee, Cook III punched the other business owner, David Taylor, who was holding a gun.

Seemed like a good idea at the time. What could go wrong?

Taylor shot him.

Oh.

[DJ Taylor]

I thought Trayvon Martin settled this “Stand your ground” argument once and for all in Florida.

[Lurker]

“What the police and the state attorneys are saying by not charging him is that anytime a person gets punched, they get to shoot someone.”

She does get it.

L

[sport]

Mark

[Navy Patriot]

Why everybody in Boynton Beach knows that Charles Cook Jr. goes to the head of the line when he shows up, he don't ever have to wait his turn, and he'll tell ya so and put a fist in yer face as an exclamation point, his time being so much more valuable than yours, and his kid, Charles Cook III, will make sure ya remember it.

'course both of 'em are so dumb they'll sucker punch a man holding a gun.

[RetiredTexasVet]

Just proves there are no limits on stupid!

[TXnMA]

...“They were like ‘no you’ll be OK, you were just shot in the arm’ but I could feel it in my chest,”

Makes sense. If the round impacts on or near the brachial artery, (in the arm) the resulting blood overpressure pulse can stun or damage heart valves.

When the M-16 was first introduced into Vietnam, its (then) "slow" rifling twist allowed the bullets to tumble if perturbed in flight. There were several instances of Viet Cong being killed by nothing but an arm hit.

The VCs' fear of "the Black Rifle" soon spread, and attained near-epic proportions.

Then, to improve accuracy, the Army issued all following M-16's with a "faster" rifling twist -- and its lethality dropped considerably...

TXnMA
 

[kanawa]

Fists are deadly weapons.

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-38992393

https://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2015/07/one-punch_killings_they_happen.html