re: The Truth About Ahmaud Arbery

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"But a citizen can only use reasonable force to detain a person and deadly force cannot be used unless it’s to prevent a forcible felony or for self-defense.


I would say someone trying to take your gun qualifies under this.

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Then you would be one stupid mother fricker.

"Since the McMichaels initiated the confrontation with the weapons it will be difficult for them to claim self-defense and what appears on the security video doesn’t justify their actions, he said. "

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I would say someone trying to take your gun qualifies under this.

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No, man, just no.

If you block the road while brandishing a weapon, you are committing aggravated assault against anyone who drives or walks up. That gives the assaulted the right to defend themselves, not you.

Per Georgia law:

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(a) A person commits the offense of simple assault when he or she either:
(1) Attempts to commit a violent injury to the person of another; or
(2) Commits an act which places another in reasonable apprehension of immediately receiving a violent injury.

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If someone blocks you from proceeding down a public road and they have a gun, are you telling me you wouldn't feel like you're in danger?

And since aggravated assault is a felony, if you end up killing someone in the commission of that crime, it's murder.