Thanks, Stand Your Ground! No homicide charges for teen who shot, killed man

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85. Are you actually pretending there is a moral equivlancy

between committing murder and not committing murder? I'm supposed to not think there is something wrong with taking a life when one doesn't have to because it makes you feel bad? If you don't want to be judged morally, don't support murder. SYG isn't a self defense law. Self defense has been allowed for a very long time. SYG enables someone to kill EVEN THOUGH a safe retreat exists. It's a right wing law advanced the the NRA, ALEC, and the Koch brothers to justify more use of guns. Just because someone CAN use a gun doesn't mean they should.

There really isn't a moral debate here. I'm not going to pretend killing someone is okay because you don't like to hear the truth. If talking to you requires abandoning all sense of human decency, I really prefer not to have further conversations with you, but I will NEVER pretend murder is okay. That you feel compelled to do so is entirely on your conscience. If you don't want to be confronted with the truth, don't communicate with me. I will not lie to make you feel better. You shouldn't feel better. You should feel worse about your views. They are morally wrong. Killing when one does not have to in order to save one own's life is very, very wrong. That is why SYG is an inherently evil law.