In what was described as the first test of the states newly passed castle doctrine law, a Pennsylvania man with a bow and arrow shot an attacker armed with a club.
I had heard that Western civilization was in decline, but I had no idea just how far it had gone. Were both of the principals dressed in bearskins?
Executive summary: Someone else's wife and copious quantities of alcohol were involved.
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"But when the intruder goes through the courts and takes the property with a pen, it's not your castle, and you have little say about it. Because of various factors (such as the almighty dollar), that's deemed acceptable behavior."
-Chuck Bloom
July 04, 2010
"It's called capitalism. It's the free market."
-Robert Tankel
June 26, 2011
Tankel is one of those corporate lawyers who goes through the courts to take other people's homes for his personal profit. In other words, the kind of lawyers that conservatives like.
A dispute in a courtroom is no different than a dispute in the front yard. If you're willing to invest $2-500 in a handgun, perhaps you should be willing to invest a similar amount in a lawyer.
Eminent domain reform is the castle doctrine of property rights. In most other cases, when someone goes to court demanding your stuff, they often have a good reason, like owing them money.
Wow! If conservatives believe that you can get legal representation for the cost of a handgun, this is evidence that moonbattery is not the exclusive domain of the Left.
Neither Bloom nor Tankel were referring to eminent domain, so I'm not sure what your point is. They were referencing the fact that, in the real-world examples of conservative/libertarian capitalist utopia, your home is not your castle.
And if it is true that "when someone goes to court demanding your stuff, they often have a good reason, like owing them money" -- a statement which ignores a lot of fraud that is going on by collections agencies and mortgage holders -- why do conservatives want to make it harder to sue (cf "tort reform)?
Does one need a permit to carry a bow and arrows concealed??
Try the Burleigh & Stronginthearm Piecemaker Mark IX. It fits in a largeish pocket, although in some jurisdictions, the possession of one will get you hanged.
http://wiki.lspace.org/wiki/Piecemaker
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