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To: imardmd1

With what was Marissa Alexander charged and convicted?


87 posted on 12/10/2013 12:47:11 AM PST by edpc (Wilby 2016)
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To: edpc
Was it shown that she initiated an attack or was she defending her person against an immediate threat of violence to her person? If she was only verbally threatened but not physically threatened, shooting at/toward another person would be regarded as assault with a deadly weapon.

Just sayin' that when one is carrying a gun, open or concealed, for defense, it is better in the public eye to refer to one's gun as a firearm vs. calling it a weapon, which suggests an intent to attack, that's all. Zimmerman was defending himself with his firearm, against a deadly assault.

Of course, my license is one to carry a deadly weapon. But I do not refer to it as that.

Help us out, FRiend.

90 posted on 12/10/2013 2:03:56 AM PST by imardmd1 (Fiat Lux)
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