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Looks like a plausible self defense case. What does the political pumper sticker have to do with it?
1 posted on 01/25/2018 7:49:50 AM PST by marktwain
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In truth, the bumper sticker has nothing to do with it. However, the police and courts and probably the juries can be convinced that the bumper sticker indicates a pre- conditioned mind set of the owner of the car. That is “Murder One.” He could be plainly advertising that he is ready to use a gun.
Worse yet is the little sign that I have seen near entries to some neighbors’ houses. Small but not too subtle, “WE DON’T CALL 911!”
Cute but not a good idea. If the guy had a CWL, he didn’t pay attention in class....


40 posted on 01/25/2018 8:37:11 AM PST by BatGuano (You don't think I'd go into combat with loose change in my pocket, do ya?)
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What does the political pumper sticker have to do with it?

Quite a bit once it gets into a courtroom.

A prosecutor will claim that the sticker indicates a pre determined desire to use a firearm. IOW, that the man was looking for an excuse to engage, that he had a chip on his shoulder and the sticker was intended to incite. And some juries will go for that.

Bad idea. You carry a gun and have to use it, you better be purer than Caesar's wife.

42 posted on 01/25/2018 8:52:48 AM PST by ChildOfThe60s (If you can remember the 60's....You weren't really there)
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The police arrived on the scene and arrested Weiss. The police officer included the fact that Weiss had a bumper sticker on his vehicle that said “GUN CONTROL IS HITTING YOUR TARGET” in the statement of probable cause.

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Even an average lawyer should be able to get that thrown out.


45 posted on 01/25/2018 9:00:44 AM PST by Moonman62 (Make America Great Again!)
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What does the political pumper sticker have to do with it?

Including the bumper sticker in the statement of probable cause shows police prejudice against the shooter.

46 posted on 01/25/2018 9:03:20 AM PST by libertylover (Kurt Schlicter: "They wonder why they got Trump. They are why they got Trump")
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Have had the same ticker on my dually for over 31 years.


51 posted on 01/25/2018 9:49:23 AM PST by ridesthemiles
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See a fender bender...Use the phone to report it...Keep on going...Mind your own business...


55 posted on 01/25/2018 11:16:42 AM PST by SuperLuminal (Where is another agitator for republicanism like Sam Adams when we need him?)
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Bumper Stickers...
Not a good idea.


56 posted on 01/25/2018 11:21:27 AM PST by Big Red Badger (UNSCANABLE in an IDIOCRACY!)
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I’m still waiting for a Car driven by a Liberal to purposely hit my Car because I have “TRUMP 45” license Plates on it.

I always look in my Rear View Mirror when stopped at a Red Light just in case I need to react when a Car is coming up behind me too fast.

What usually happens in the person in the Car behind me takes out their Cell Phone and takes a picture of my License Plate.


61 posted on 01/28/2018 2:08:51 PM PST by Kickass Conservative (The way Liberals carry on about Deportation, you would think "Mexico" was Spanish for "Shithole".)
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I have a Fred Thompson campaign sticker on the back window of my SUV. It’s quite faded. It’s the only sticker I’ve ever had on a vehicle.


63 posted on 01/28/2018 2:25:51 PM PST by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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