Quote Originally Posted by TitoFan View Post
As much as I dislike Zimmerman, Bean... it's a hell of a stretch to even begin to compare the two. Anything but a life sentence (I'll get off the "drawn and quartered" bit) to Dunn just sends a message that it's ok to have itchy trigger fingers in the name of "self-defense". Like you yourself said, it opens up the door to guys getting shot for talking in movie theaters or playing music too loud. IMO, it's a HUGELY DANGEROUS precedent, and we're walking on thin ice here. Somehow, these backwoods morons need to be deterred from turning the country into a free-for-all. Like I've always said, no one ever cares about the Trayvon Martins or the Jordan Davises...... until it happens to someone close to them.

I'm exaggerating about executing Michael Dunn...... but not by much. He's a poster boy for white trash (yes... I realize that's probably racist).... and the fact he didn't notify the police and went out for pizza afterwards shows just how much of a menace to society he is.

And I'm sorry, but the fact that he was able to pack heat made all the difference in the world. You think had he not been armed he would've had the balls to complain about some loud music? No. But he wanted to show off his macho side to his girlfriend.... so he blew away the "thugs".

I fucking hate Michael Dunn and all the scumbuckets like him that roam the Earth.
I changed my mind.
Execute the motherf_cker.
I don't think it's going to set any precendent, the law is pretty straight forward in terms of Stand Your Ground and general self defense.

I don't buy the notion that his gun gave him balls to complain about music and lead to this incident. He didn't have the gun on his person (it was in the glove compartment) and he's arguing with four guys who are sitting in their car, meaning that if they are armed (which is a strong possibility), not only do they have quicker access to their guns than he does, he's also now outnumbered 4 to 1. We're talking about a middle aged white guy vs 4 black guys. I don't think he was planning on a ruckus.

I didn't know about this case until this thread, so I don't think I know enough about the evidence to make a real judgement, because I know how wrong most people were about Zimmerman. I admit I have a lot of suspicions about this guy for a number of reasons (his alcohol consumption, fleeing the scene and not calling the police, ect). But who's to say that his defense story isn't true? That there was a weapon that was pulled on him that was ditched after the fact (the victims friends also fleed the scene and returned later). The victim's dad apparently even testified that there were a lot of inconsistencies in the stories of the three friends.

I think reaching emotionally-charged, knee-jerk conclusions about situations like these is always harmful, though.