The Presence Of A Gun
BY Herschel Smith
8 years, 5 months ago
“The shooting had nothing to do with race and everything to do with the presence of that gun,” Mr. Kelly said in an interview, noting that Officer Yanez is Latino.
Mr. Castile “was not following the directions of the police officer,” Mr. Kelly said, but he declined to provide further detail.
Much of what is known about the shooting comes from a Facebook Live video of the aftermath streamed by Mr. Castile’s girlfriend, Diamond Reynolds.
Yea, I’ll bet he didn’t want to elaborate further. Consider that. The presence of a gun. Let it wash over you again. The presence of a gun. Consider its implications for you and anyone carrying a gun.
His lawyer is floating his case now in an attempt to get the prosecutor to drop any potential charges. This is his case. “The presence of a gun.” He shot the man because of the presence of a gun.
On July 11, 2016 at 10:04 am, Backwoods Engineer said:
How long before the big Democrat cities start screaming, “home rule” and prohibit ANY kind of carry inside their borders, even in states like Texas that have state preemption?
On July 11, 2016 at 1:05 pm, Archer said:
They’ve never NOT done exactly that if they think they can get away with it..
Pennsylvania strengthened their preemption laws recently, and gave them teeth (i.e. the state can sanction or fine municipalities and/or the people that run them for keeping and enforcing stricter gun laws than what the state allows). That has not prompted some cities like Philadelphia into repealing their more restrictive laws, or prevented them from enforcing those laws.
They’ll keep them at least until successfully challenged in court … which could be quite a while, given all the delays, hearings, appeals, etc., and could cost quite a bit, since the State is unwilling to exercise its authority and instead relies on private plaintiffs for such actions….
On July 11, 2016 at 1:25 pm, Jack Crabb said:
Niiiiice. Shot because of “the presence of a[n inanimate object].”
Where does the stupid end?
On July 11, 2016 at 4:31 pm, Jeffersonian said:
The presence of, as far as we know so far, a LEGALLY OWNED AND CARRIED gun.
If the laws don’t protect US from THEM….