JustinJ
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What could be better for the protection of gun rights than some innocent getting hit by a stray bullet during an unnecessary shootout when there was no longer immediate danger of harm?
Sounds familiar? Requiring action from inaction, or pay a fine.I'm glad that shooting a fleeing armed robber is legal in Texas. I wish it was that way in the rest of the country. That could be millions of dollars saved by tax payers to try and house violent criminals. I like the idea of the hue and cry law. Something like that should be revisited. If people don't want to get involved to help stop crime then they can pay a fine. Sure, as long as they're not in imminent danger of course.
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Originally Posted by JFtheGR8
I'm glad that shooting a fleeing armed robber is legal in Texas. I wish it was that way in the rest of the country. That could be millions of dollars saved by tax payers to try and house violent criminals. I like the idea of the hue and cry law. Something like that should be revisited. If people don't want to get involved to help stop crime then they can pay a fine. Sure, as long as they're not in imminent danger of course.
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Sounds familiar? Requiring action from inaction, or pay a fine.
You are kind of scrambling everything together here.I believe it is ones civic duty to do whatever is necessary to prevent crime using legal avenues. All too often witnesses claim they didn't see anything for fear of retaliation. Well then, if you can be placed at the scene of a crime and don't wish to cooperate with an investigation then pay up. The money can be used to bolster crime prevention in high crime areas where people have selective vision.
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You are kind of scrambling everything together here.
There's a huge difference between cooperating with the investigation at the scene of the crime (crime already happened and done, and investigation started) as a witness, and "hue and cry" (shouting out to others and pursuing the criminal).
Are you going to fine me, if I don't assist you in chasing after the criminal? If he has a gun, will I be fined, if I don't chase? Even if he doesn't have a gun (impossible to know), will you fine me if I don't chase, because I told you I was afraid for my safety (he could have a gun concealed, you know).
About the "witness" at the crime scene, if I told you I didn't see anything, how can you tell if I really didn't see anything, or if I was just too afraid of retaliation? Are you going to polygraph me to see if I told you the truth? Then fine me, if I did not?
No, I hear you.Yeah, I knew that would be the response I'd get. I'm not sure how to institute either a hue and cry or a selective vision type law. The purpose is to at least get people to think more deeply into the matter to find solutions. Guns are not the problem but nobody can seem to come up with a solution that isn't met with resistance. I believe that if people get involved with their communities much of the problems will be identified and addressed. Otherwise people just bicker about what should be done and nothing gets accomplished except politicians taking away our freedoms.
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