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Gun Control Reform Activism

Fred Sanders

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1. Burden of proof should indeed always be on the guy using a designed weapon - the judges applied age old logic.

Reply to flamin lib (Original post)

Wed Jul 15, 2015, 11:37 AM

Jul 2015

The Gun has no special status before the law when it comes to having to pass the "air of reality" test before you get to raise self-defence, which has another set of rules for proof.

As I recall, a ton of cases have been dismissed where some guy shot another guy because the prosecution had the burden of proof from the get go and the shooter did not even have to claim the shooting might be reasonable, it was deemed to be reasonable as soon as the bullet left the barrel.

Cash may be King in the financial world, but Logic is King in the Courts.

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'Stand your ground' defendants must continue to prove immunity, Florida justices say [View all] flamin lib Jul 2015 OP

Burden of proof should indeed always be on the guy using a designed weapon - the judges applied age old logic. Fred Sanders Jul 2015 #1

Should have been a unanimous verdict. mountain grammy Jul 2015 #2