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Originally Posted by Jester
Oh Puh-lease.....I think I've stated my opinion quite clearly. 
Do you really think he will get off Scot free???
Do you not understand sarcasm??
you said....
So you are saying that you would not have shot the bad guy but it's ok for someone else to take one for the team?? |
I guess we're both putting words in each others mouths. I didn't suggest Mr Knight "take one for the team", but he may just be doing so. That one is his to deal with, based on decisions and actions he undertook that morning. I think those of us considering ourselves on his "team" can at least lend our moral, financial and political support. Suggesting I'd hang someone else out to dry to defend my principles is offensive. Granted. I did bait you with my last one, apparently what I interpreted from your writing and what you meant to express diverged. Perhaps you meant to say that if he's acquitted and has no punishment forthcoming: He did the right thing. Yet if he gets punished: He did the wrong thing, as if the punishment angle were the deciding factor between right and wrong...... which its not. I think we've
all been punished at one time or another in our lives when we weren't guilty, and conversely we've all likely gotten away with some things we
should have been punished for. Punishment does not always equal guilt, and frequently the punishment doesn't fit the crime. Sadly its usually not enough punishment going to the "bad guy", or too much punishment going to the "good guy".
Do I think we should murder and/or torture every treaspasser who strays through our yards? Nope
Do I think there should be limits to what a person does while defending their property? Yes, within reason.
Am I saying I would not have shot the bad guy? We'll only know when or if I'm so tested (again anyways: I didn't have firearms yet when my last home invasion robbery occurred; and with my location within Calgary, they're all locked up too securely to be accessible promptly for an emergency). I'd sure like the option available to keep the imbalance of power in my favor (Every parents & homeowners right, in my opinion.) If the courts support citizens actions in assertive defense of their property, it can only serve to act as a deterrent to crime. If he is punished; it can only embolden criminals, as if they need any more encouragement.
I know that Anti's and similar nanny-state socialists monitor this board and others; for ammunition that they can use to further agendas that run counter to ours, but how many people and entities do you want us cowering down and censoring ourselves for??
I
hope he gets off Scot free. If he gets a jury of his peers and a judge that doesn't have an axe to grind he just may. I was in Bashaw and Stettler last weekend and every iota of sentiment around there was all in support of Mr Knight. What they neither want nor need is to have this thing presided over by a judge hailing from a dense urban area, but by someone who knows farm life.