“Because being rude is a capitol offense?”
The old adage says nothing about legal or illegal. It focuses only on polite and impolite.
“Is the armed jerk always the right one?”
Doesn’t matter, he is the more deadly of the two, as shown in this case.
Regarding the assault, based on my observations over the past 30 years here in the Colorado Springs area, a relatively conservative area, shooters have a fairly good chance of going free if the shooting occurs following the shooter being assaulted.
There have been a number of cases locally where the shooter not only wasn’t even charged, but also was given the protection of the law prohibiting civil suits. That includes a case of a woman leaning out of an upstairs window and killing a rude exboyfriend who was pounding on her front door. Also a drunk kid pounding on someones sliding glass door. IIRC, he was shot and killed through the glass.
It may be different in FL, but I’m not so sure. My money would be on the shooter going free.
When under assault, it’s reasonable for the victim to consider the risk of great bodily harm. What appears to be only popcorn may be something more dangerous,including the likelihood that the toss may only be a foil to follow thru with a fist
Don’t mess with us old guys, we know we aren’t as strong as some young buck anymore so we might just go straight for the gun. And be polite to us.
<>When under assault, it’s reasonable for the victim to consider the risk of great bodily harm.<>
You must have missed this:
Police said despite Reeves’ claim that he was in fear for his safety, this was not a case for Florida’s “stand your ground” defense.
“Working with the state attorney’s office it was determined that stand-your-ground does not fly here in this case,” Nocco said.
Authorities said a preliminary investigation determined that there was no physical contact during the incident. It was popcorn, thrown by Oulson, that struck Reeves.
Tepper said there was no evidence to support the claim that the shooter was a victim. She denied him bond.
http://edition.cnn.com/2014/01/15/justice/florida-movie-theater-shooting/index.html
We will likely see how well you old guys do in a prison environment.
And be polite to us.
Make sure he tells his cellmate that.
But thanks for the heads up. If I'm in a movie theater and I see one of you grumpy old guys packing then I should probably shoot on sight out of self defense, because we never know what's going to set you old coots off.
At the hearing, Judge Lynn Tepper said she found the evidence significant enough to warrant the no-bond order.
The judge said that throwing “an unknown object does not equal taking out a gun” and shooting someone.
Maybe he should abandon the "defending myself from popcorn" strategy and try the "I'm old and afraid" bit.