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Doesn't he mean, "every live guy in the car"?

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Testosterone-fueled, racist rage monsters with guns on their hips don't back down, look for a way out of or to defuse a situation, or use common sense. That's what the gun is FOR.

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I suspect the only thing that would make Florida get rid of SYG laws would be a blizzard of letters to the Tourism board that say, I was gonna spend my $2500 vacationing in your state, but I decided to go somewhere safe, like Sudan, instead.

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Two poor inner-city districts, linked by a stretch of farm land? Looks solidy Democrat to me! Why, all the surrounding districts would hardly have any Dem... oh. Right.

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What is it with conservative psychopaths and public office, anyhow?

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Standard equipment on Toyota pickup trucks in the mideast. I'm surprised the gun fondlers don't demand them here.

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Free food, housing, and health care. Until the <strike>Civil</strike> War of Northern Agression screwed up the system.

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Or if they're not the least bit afraid, but you think they should be? It's all very complicated - you can't blame juries for just saying "fuck it" and assuming the shooter had his reasons (being white and all.)

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They'd just use it to hone their reflexes.

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While I understand that every criminal defense lawyer is paid to make their client look as pure as the driven snow before the jury, they shouldn't be so damn smug about it.

Hey counselor, your client is still looking at a long stretch in the Graybar Hotel. You might want to tone the smarm down a skosh, 'kay?

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Turn the other cheek, and then draw.

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In addition to Marissa Alexander, there is this man, Michael Giles, who was assaulted, used a gun in self defense in Florida, shot someone in the leg, and is serving a 25 year mandatory minimum sentence because (all together now) SYG don't count when you're black. <a href="http://www.change.org/petit..." target="_blank">" rel="nofollow noopener" title="http://www.change.org/petitions/commute-the-25-ye...">http://www.change.org/petit...

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Yul Brenner libel!

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Stand your ground, drink your car, shoot your drugs...it's all so confusing but the end result is FREEDOM!

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You know what those Latin guys said, post the thing, ergo propter the thing. And being Latins, of course, they were always right.

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