seems reasonable is a stand your ground state. That will be the last time the vic decides to get up in a 71 year olds face.
Retired Tampa Police Captain, eh? I wonder what he was like in his prime. He must've gone bonkers. This says it all: “To have a retired police officer — I don’t know what he was thinking at the time,” Pasco County Sheriff Chris Nocco told reporters. “I can tell you, anybody, over a cellphone, to take their life, it's ridiculous.”
These side effects of our gun culture are not surprising. I think everyone was just lucky he wasn't carrying a hammer or an automobile.
Hammers caused more deaths in 2012 than guns*. *statistic counts for all guns in the USA except those used by law enforcement. LOL
Wait a goddamned minute. He didn't shoot the guy for texting. He shot the guy during a PHYSICAL ALTERCATION over texting. It's not like he just pulled and popped the guy because he wouldn't put away the cell phone. If the texter initiated the physical altercation, and that's a huge if, then an argument can be made for self-defense. The headline to this article is insanely inflammatory, and I'd bet intentionally so.
The guy looks like a douche too. The old guy tried to talk to management and the texting guy yelled and started shit. Throwing popcorn is a bitch move. hoop fam
The physical altercation was something that grew out of a verbal altercation, which was started by Reeves (offender). Self defense doesnt matter. Reeves brought a gun to a movie theater, and easily could've turned on other people.
Physical altercation is pretty ambiguous, but my guess is that the shooter is assumed to have over reacted or he wouldn't be in jail right now.
It would have to be a serious threat for a physical altercation to warrant shooting someone. He would have to justify that he was unable to leave and feared for his life before he could claim it was self defense. Take George Zimmerman, for example. His story claimed that the kid was on top of him, beating his head into the cement. Whether you believe the story or not, that would be a situation where you can't escape and you are fearing for your life. If the guy punched him or something, that's simply not enough to justify shooting him. Not only did he shoot the guy, but he shot the woman as well. It will be interesting to see what other facts come out.
