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Everybody Must Get Stoned
Dylan almost had it right. Not everybody should be stoned, but there are people who deserve it:
The unnamed suspect reportedly opened fire on a group of partygoers in the early hours of Monday morning, killing one and injuring at least three others, KDFW-TV reported.
Following the shooting, the crowd reportedly chased down the suspect and began throwing gardening stones and landscaping bricks, fatally injuring the suspect.
The Sun reported that a local reporter quoting the Fort Worth Police Department said that “the crowd defended themselves with gardening stones, killing the gunman.”
Now, if you just glance at the link, you might think it was somewhere in the Middle East. Try Texas . . .
Finally, I have this observation:
If stones are outlawed, only outlaws will have stones.
Published in Law
Don’t mess with Texas.
From the article the bricks were thrown after the gunman started shooting at the pursuers. In Texas that qualifies as self-defense, and a proportional use of force. (Get hit in the right spot by a brick or paving stone and it is likely to be fatal. Real humans are a lot more fragile than the rubber humans you see on television and the movies getting beaten like a weight bag without suffering any real harm.)
Which is good for them. I think there are still some states that have a “duty to retreat” clause in their self-defense laws . . .
No one needs that many rocks. And pavers should be considered assault rocks.
How very biblical. At least he didn’t say, “Jehovah”.
”Let he who is without a side arm, cast the first stone.”
Personally, armed with a stone against a gun, I plan to retreat. I am having a hard time picturing the scene, but I am pretty sure it required alcohol. People are hanging out and drinking and somebody starts shooting into the crowd and the crowd responds with “Let’s get him! Anybody got a stone?”
Which suggests it was a “gun-free zone.”
How on earth was no one else at this party in Texas carrying??
Well, the dead shooter was.
You should not carry while consuming alcohol: huge civil liability if not illegal, depending on the jurisdiction. Texas says intoxication and firearms carry do not mix, so anyone other than a designated driver is for carry at a party.
Hence the word “else”.
True. If anything, the BAL for carrying a weapon is zero percent.