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Originally Posted by KSigkid
Actually, I can answer this from personal experience. My wife and I were almost killed by a drunk driver two years ago. It was his third DUI; he was so intoxicated that he fell asleep at the wheel after the collision. Mind you, he crossed over the center line and hit us head-on, and his estimated rate of speed was 70 mph; so, that gives you an idea of how drunk he was at the time. My wife and I are lucky to be alive today.
So, with that said, it hasn't changed my views on these legal issues.
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Agreed.
I was in a car accident involving a drunk driver. My friend and I were hit from behind when this drunk a-hole ran a red light and hit us after we made a right turn. He was stumbling as he got out of the car, and he fled the scene, leaving his sister in the car. We later found out that he was on probation, and he was actually driving his sister's car.
I don't know what you mean, Zyphyrus, when you say, "Wouldn't you want him to fry for that?" but I would not want him to get the death penalty. I do believe, however, that he should definitely do jail time, which he is.
Another thing to remember is that people make mistakes. Sometimes out of stupidity, sometimes it's a one time thing and they learn their lesson, sometimes they just don't know any better. Let's take the whole breaking and entering example... let's suppose people break into your house. You hear noise from your bedroom, you get up, grab your gun, and you head downstairs. It's dark, but you see two men in your kitchen going through your purse. They notice you and they start to run out the back door. As they're running across your lawn, you shoot and kill them both.
You call the police. They arrive. They go through the pockets of the two guys lying on the ground outside and they find their wallets with their IDs. They were both 16. The parents of the two young boys show up and are devastated.
Would you not feel the least bit guilty?
You said a few posts back that you'd be surprised that you would go to jail if you shot at burglars as they were leaving your house. In the example you gave in your last post, you said something to the effect of, " What if you don't shoot him as he's leaving and he comes back and kills a loved one?" Well guess what, that sucks. But you can't preemptively kill someone because you have a hunch that they might come back and kill your family. What kind of a defense would that be?
"Well, you see your honor, he was stealing some of my money, so I shot him."
"Wasn't he leaving your house?"
"Yes, he was running away. But instead of calling the police, I decided to shoot him on the off chance that he might come back and kill my spouse."
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