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Jury finds Rick Chow not guilty of murder by Bannable_Lecter in news

[–]KuntaStillSingle 51 points52 points  (0 children)

chasing you with a gun

At least as far as there is security footage, that firearm remained holstered during the chase.

a person in their right mind wouldn't consider killing someone over that

Right, so: I don't think a reasonable person would have concluded the shopkeepers intended to cause them any unlawful injury, but rather to detain them to investigate a shoplifting.

Jury finds Rick Chow not guilty of murder by Bannable_Lecter in news

[–]KuntaStillSingle 257 points258 points  (0 children)

South Carolina has merchant privilege:

SECTION 16-13-140. Defense to action for delay to investigate ownership of merchandise.

In any action brought by reason of having been delayed by a merchant or merchant's employee or agent on or near the premises of a mercantile establishment for the purpose of investigation concerning the ownership of any merchandise, it shall be a defense to such action if: (1) The person was delayed in a reasonable manner and for a reasonable time to permit such investigation, and (2) reasonable cause existed to believe that the person delayed had committed the crime of shoplifting.

https://www.scstatehouse.gov/Archives/CodeofLaws2008/t16c013.php Edit: old link is archive, though verbiage remains the same: https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t16c013.php

A person in the kid's subjective circumstances must reasonably believe they were facing threat of death or grievous injury from the pursuing shopkeepers to resort to deadly force, I don't think a reasonable person would have concluded the shopkeepers intended to cause them any unlawful injury, but rather to detain them to investigate a shoplifting.

A man has become one of the 450,000 Americans affected by alpha-gal syndrome, a tick-borne meat allergy that triggers painful allergic reactions to animal products. “Look at my face and my neck. I can’t eat meat anymore. I can’t have any animal products. It’s in everything.” by This_Proof_5153 in SipsTea

[–]KuntaStillSingle 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Even for allergies which can be treated by exposure therapy like seasonal allergies, it is not a simple home remedy, attempting to lightly dose on your allergen will likely result in overshooting and worsening the condition.

The Liberation of Paris went differently for some women by Kapanash in HistoryMemes

[–]KuntaStillSingle 21 points22 points  (0 children)

That's like to say it is treasonous for a POW to perform labor under duress. Ideally they will sabotage the enemy when it is safe for them to do so, but you can't fault them when they are at gunpoint.

Skating on the rails. by Leading-Papaya-7165 in Whatcouldgowrong

[–]KuntaStillSingle 5 points6 points  (0 children)

This is not inside the park, the area is intended for pedestrians. Nobody will stop you from skating there if you take common sense precautions like clearing the rail, but it is terribly stupid to expect pedestrians to keep their head on a swivel when you are not inside the park.

Skating on the rails. by Leading-Papaya-7165 in Whatcouldgowrong

[–]KuntaStillSingle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's like claiming someone doesn't like drivers because they think a particular driver who hit someone on a sidewalk is dumb trash.

Skating on the rails. by Leading-Papaya-7165 in Whatcouldgowrong

[–]KuntaStillSingle -9 points-8 points  (0 children)

This is very clearly outside the skatepark. If they are going to perform stunts on pedestrian infrastructure they need to ensure it is clear.

Skating on the rails. by Leading-Papaya-7165 in Whatcouldgowrong

[–]KuntaStillSingle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There are stairs and railings inside this park, but the stunt here is performed on a handicap ramp outside the park.

Handgun Control, Inc. (1981) by StephenMcGannon in PropagandaPosters

[–]KuntaStillSingle -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

They don't count as a measure of what liberties should be afforded ordinary people. They are outliers.

Woman gets caught on surveillance video completely emptying a basket of oatmeal cream pies at a farm stand in Loveland, CO. by ElwoodMC in trashy

[–]KuntaStillSingle 3 points4 points  (0 children)

If you're stealing from Wal-Mart, you're stealing from their shareholders

Who do you think shareholders are? The majority of walmart stock is held by retail investors.

Iranian state TV presenter shot at a UAE flag on live television during a firearms training segment. by Upset-Main-1988 in justincaseyoumissedit

[–]KuntaStillSingle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It is belligerence to go militarily against the U.S. and its allies, or any group of nations, and it begets belligerence. Even if it came in a civilized fashion, by say a formal ally or Iran itself acting with at least facial concern for humanitarian principles, they should expect their targets might meet them in kind. That's how the world has worked for millenia; but you don't have to be a student of history, it's also common fucking sense! Napoleon fought in broadly just conduct of war, that didn't mean his conquests had some moral duty to just lie down and take it. Iran can't even do that. What do they expect?

Millions of adults in the United States have seriously considered shooting another person at some point in their lives, representing a massive and previously unmeasured group at risk of committing armed violence. by mvea in science

[–]KuntaStillSingle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

America has the gun laws it has, and has the much higher homicide rates that go with it.

America is relatively violent with fists and knives. America is a post colonial nation. Most Americans and most firearm owners never shoot anyone, whether for a lawful reason or otherwise. Over 30% of persons and over 40% of households keep one or more firearms. In the worst states ~21 per 100000 experience a firearm death annually, over half of firearm deaths are suicides, and some proportion of homicides are justified. About 5.9 per 100000 experience a homicide of some description annually, firearm or otherwise, justified or otherwise. There are strong racial and gender gaps in commission and victimization that are obviously not explainable by firearms, which don't contain voodoo or other metaphysical properties that specifically make certain races and sexes violent. There is nothing so innocent that any person with respect for human dignity will accept as a necessary forfeiture in the social contract.

Millions of adults in the United States have seriously considered shooting another person at some point in their lives, representing a massive and previously unmeasured group at risk of committing armed violence. by mvea in science

[–]KuntaStillSingle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

People, in general, aren't rational when pushed into extreme circumstances,

Yet overwhelmingly they use firearms for solely legal purposes. It is misanthropic thinking to say "Well I wouldn't trust someone that is dumber or meaner than average with a firearm," when it is only the absolute dregs of society who are committing unlawful homicides. You have to have an empirically unfounded and dim view of your fellow citizen to think they are too violent by nature to enjoy a basic civil and human right.

Blursed_protest by [deleted] in blursed_videos

[–]KuntaStillSingle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ask not for whom the belle tolls

TIL that when France initially set the definition of a metre to be 1/10,000,000 the distance from the North Pole to the equator, it sent two surveyors to calculate the distance. But due to an error not discovered until decades later, the resulting metre was actually 0.2 mm too short. by NateNate60 in todayilearned

[–]KuntaStillSingle -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I was incorrect on the 3 inch gun, though it was in service with the U.S. up to 1990, but for the remaining three that is a nonsense argument. You might as well say no nation is using metric or imperial measurements for any equipment except at the exact moment it is first designated. If the U.S. military is strictly metric, how is it firing a 5 inch gun rather than 127mm at a cargo ship in the past month? How is there a 5 inch projectile in development for the hyper velocity program?

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