SYG only applies to gun toters

[JuliefromOhio]

amirite?

have some cases of the use of of SYG that didn't involve some idiot shooting and killing another with a gun?

 

[fairsheet]

amirite?

have some cases of the use of of SYG that didn't involve some idiot shooting and killing another with a gun?

SYG was never about allowing poor put-upons to righteously defend themselves without running afoul of the law. The advocates for SYG can't present us with a SINGLE example, either of a righteous self-defender who did get in trouble with the law OR of someone who declined defending themselves for fear of "getting in trouble".

It was always an only about how "unfair" people thought it was, that they were being told they shouldn't shoot someone if they didn't absolutely have to. Imagine talking gun-tough and packing heat wherever you go, all the while dreaming that someday...someday, you'll "get" to shoot someone and the damn law...says you shouldn't.

There's a valid fear around SYG, that it enables someone to target a specific individual and get away with it. But for the most part, it's less about a particular target and more about the opportunity to shoot SOMEONE!

 

[JuliefromOhio]

yeah, why carry a gun in public if you can't shoot it?