Bixby's Husband?

[ulysses5019]

Speak for yourself....

lb13

Found it!


Someone SAVE THAT SQUORREL~~~

Anyone know the serpentine Heimlich maneuver?

lb13

Can you squeeze it out the back end?

[SportsFan68]

Not sure I could face myself in the mirror if I had to do that for a living. Half your life you work like hell to do the right thing for innocent people and half your life you lie like hell for the guilty.

And lawyers wonder why people don't trust them. Its there job to be untrustworthy, some of the time. But they can't tell you when that is.

Snakes, all of them.

But them again, snakes eat mice and other vermin, so they are good to have around...sometimes.

Speak for yourself....

lb13

That is an absolutely fabulous avatar. It will win the #3 slot. The standings are now:

1. Sunchine
2. Mini-Doughnut
3. Mangy rodent and other vermin eating snake
4. Gladys MBRS and the Pips

I decided to add Stinky and the perfect game. I just love it. It will win.

1. Sunchine
2. Mini-Doughnut
3. Mangy rodent and other vermin eating snake
4. Gladys MBRS and the Pips
5. Stinky and the Perfect Game

[littlebeast13]

Speak for yourself....

lb13

That is an absolutely fabulous avatar. It will win the #3 slot. The standings are now:

1. Sunchine
2. Mini-Doughnut
3. Mangy rodent and other vermin eating snake
4. Gladys MBRS and the Pips

I decided to add Stinky and the perfect game. I just love it. It will win.

1. Sunchine
2. Mini-Doughnut
3. Mangy rodent and other vermin eating snake
4. Gladys MBRS and the Pips
5. Stinky and the Perfect Game

You neglected to include all of the worthy Sprots avatars, I'm afraid.

lb13

[TheConfessor]

Love both the Constitution and the New Testament.

Usually it is working your * off for the innocent, and for the guilty, making sure they have your day in court, represented zealously, although usually for the guilty it is more about mitigating damages before trial. You don't lie. You can't lie to the court.

I truly believe that under the strict application of Texas law, Rodriguez should have been found not guilty. At the moment of the shooting, the person who died was not being provoked, and that is part of what is required. Rodriguez at the precise moment of the shooting was on the phone with police and was charged my multiple people and shot.

That's not to say that just about everybody's actions that night were not smart--but not smart is different than murder.

I wrote about it: http://www.stradleylaw.com/rodriguez-st ... f-defense/ because I hope to prevent a moment of poor judgment resulting in any more deaths or people spending the rest of their lives in jail. Don't ever think such weird facts will happen again, but there is a ton of Texas self-defense/provocation case law that involves drunk people and neighbors dating back to the early 1900s.

Bixby, I read your blog post about this case and thought it was very informative. At least now I understand that the jury didn't have an easy task, assuming they took their job seriously. I still think the guy is both guilty and an idiot, although it might not be as clear cut as it first seemed.

Of the background legal information you cited, I found it pretty disturbing that the law would give just as much right to use force against an imagined danger as a real danger. If I see a homeless guy on the corner begging for money and I approach him while reaching in my pocket to give him some change, apparently he's allowed to shoot me if he thinks I'm going for a gun to assault him. So if a person is an idiot and truly believes something that's not true, that's good enough to use deadly force? That's messed up.

I especially liked your conclusion about the lessons that should be learned from this, and how even if you are legally right, that doesn't mean that exercising your rights is necessarily a wise idea, or one that is without serious lasting consequences. The first comment on your post is excellent, especially since it comes from an avid gun fan.

I agree that we all have the right to defend ourselves. Guns are one way to quiet a loud birthday party, but I think this $3.49 product would have been more cost effective:
http://www.drugstore.com/hearos-ear-plu ... /qxp182524

[Bob78164]

Of the background legal information you cited, I found it pretty disturbing that the law would give just as much right to use force against an imagined danger as a real danger. If I see a homeless guy on the corner begging for money and I approach him while reaching in my pocket to give him some change, apparently he's allowed to shoot me if he thinks I'm going for a gun to assault him. So if a person is an idiot and truly believes something that's not true, that's good enough to use deadly force? That's messed up.

That's not accurate. The belief that you're in danger has to be reasonable. That's an important qualification for exactly the reason you cite. --Bob

[TheConfessor]

Of the background legal information you cited, I found it pretty disturbing that the law would give just as much right to use force against an imagined danger as a real danger. If I see a homeless guy on the corner begging for money and I approach him while reaching in my pocket to give him some change, apparently he's allowed to shoot me if he thinks I'm going for a gun to assault him. So if a person is an idiot and truly believes something that's not true, that's good enough to use deadly force? That's messed up.

That's not accurate. The belief that you're in danger has to be reasonable. That's an important qualification for exactly the reason you cite. --Bob

What seems absurd to one person often seems reasonable to another. If everyone always agreed on such matters, we wouldn't need trials.

[christie1111]

The biggest question I have about this and the Zimmerman case is why did it have to be deadly force? Shooting someone in the kneecap or upper arm, etc would take them down but they would be likely to survive.

It doesn't have to be all or nothing.

In both cases I think these are people who should not have lost their lives for what was going on.

JMHO

In firearms classes you are taught to shoot to kill, not to shoot to wound.

Not as a police officer. You are trained to disable and to kill, two different goals depending on situation.

[MarleysGh0st]

Oh, and hi y'all.

Things are all good.

Family is good, though spouse is very tired.

I'm winning a Houston Web Award tomorrow night for a blog post I wrote for the Houston Chronicle. A Texans blog post and nothing as unfortunate as this.

Hi, Bix!

I'm sorry it took a thread like this for you to drop by and say hello.

[SportsFan68]

That is an absolutely fabulous avatar. It will win the #3 slot. The standings are now:

1. Sunchine
2. Mini-Doughnut
3. Mangy rodent and other vermin eating snake
4. Gladys MBRS and the Pips

I decided to add Stinky and the perfect game. I just love it. It will win.

1. Sunchine
2. Mini-Doughnut
3. Mangy rodent and other vermin eating snake
4. Gladys MBRS and the Pips
5. Stinky and the Perfect Game

You neglected to include all of the worthy Sprots avatars, I'm afraid.

lb13

No, I didn't.

[macrae1234]

You are trained to disable and to kill

Disable = taser
kill = glock

[SportsFan68]

Speak for yourself....

lb13

That is an absolutely fabulous avatar. It will win the #3 slot. The standings are now:

1. Sunchine
2. Mini-Doughnut
3. Mangy rodent and other vermin eating snake
4. Gladys MBRS and the Pips

I decided to add Stinky and the perfect game. I just love it. It will win.

1. Sunchine
2. Mini-Doughnut
3. Mangy rodent and other vermin eating snake
4. Gladys MBRS and the Pips
5. Stinky and the Perfect Game

Letter Carrier Buster is fabu. I am now confident I will have the Top Ten by countdown time.

1. Sunchine
2. Mini-Doughnut
3. Mangy rodent and other vermin eating snake
4. Gladys MBRS and the Pips
5. Stinky and the Perfect Game
6. Letter Carrier Buster

[BackInTex]

I especially liked your conclusion about the lessons that should be learned from this, and how even if you are legally right, that doesn't mean that exercising your rights is necessarily a wise idea, or one that is without serious lasting consequences.

Um, you learn that in one day in Houston watching pedestrian crosswalks where pedestrians have the legal right of way.

[TheConfessor]

I especially liked your conclusion about the lessons that should be learned from this, and how even if you are legally right, that doesn't mean that exercising your rights is necessarily a wise idea, or one that is without serious lasting consequences.

Um, you learn that in one day in Houston watching pedestrian crosswalks where pedestrians have the legal right of way.

You raise an interesting legal point. Can an armed pedestrian in a crosswalk legally "stand his ground" and shoot an automobile driver if he has a reasonable fear that the driver is going to hit him? Perhaps so. But I think I'd just try to jump out of the way.

[littlebeast13]

I especially liked your conclusion about the lessons that should be learned from this, and how even if you are legally right, that doesn't mean that exercising your rights is necessarily a wise idea, or one that is without serious lasting consequences.

Um, you learn that in one day in Houston watching pedestrian crosswalks where pedestrians have the legal right of way.

You raise an interesting legal point. Can an armed pedestrian in a crosswalk legally "stand his ground" and shoot an automobile driver if he has a reasonable fear that the driver is going to hit him? Perhaps so. But I think I'd just try to jump out of the way.

But you are not a squirrel.....

lb13

[minimetoo26]

Um, you learn that in one day in Houston watching pedestrian crosswalks where pedestrians have the legal right of way.

You raise an interesting legal point. Can an armed pedestrian in a crosswalk legally "stand his ground" and shoot an automobile driver if he has a reasonable fear that the driver is going to hit him? Perhaps so. But I think I'd just try to jump out of the way.

But you are not a squirrel.....

lb13

That is an AWESOME avatar!!

And in a coincidence, you know I read obscure detective fiction, and one story I remember from an author I've forgotten was titled Houston in the Rear View Mirror. That could be the name of this if you wish to be subtler than Stand Your Ground and Make My Day...

[littlebeast13]

You raise an interesting legal point. Can an armed pedestrian in a crosswalk legally "stand his ground" and shoot an automobile driver if he has a reasonable fear that the driver is going to hit him? Perhaps so. But I think I'd just try to jump out of the way.

But you are not a squirrel.....

lb13

That is an AWESOME avatar!!

And in a coincidence, you know I read obscure detective fiction, and one story I remember from an author I've forgotten was titled Houston in the Rear View Mirror. That could be the name of this if you wish to be subtler than Stand Your Ground and Make My Day...

Well, I'm not sure if that's Houston up ahead or not, but I'll keep the suggestion in mind..... at least until Fanny comes along and gives it its real title.....

I wonder what Sprots thinks of pistol-packin' squirrels.....?

lb13

[MarleysGh0st]

That is an AWESOME avatar!!

Sometimes, little details can be too much, for the trivia obsessed.

I was going to applaud ES for the time displayed on the clock radio, but neither the sun nor a full moon should be in that position in the sky at 11:11.

[littlebeast13]

That is an AWESOME avatar!!

Sometimes, little details can be too much, for the trivia obsessed.

I was going to applaud ES for the time displayed on the clock radio, but neither the sun nor a full moon should be in that position in the sky at 11:11.

You never know when the earth may get thrown out of its normal orbit.....

And it's funny because the sun was the last detail I added....

lb13

[MarleysGh0st]

You never know when the earth may get thrown out of its normal orbit.....

Well, hey, it's not like they sent me a Happy Card!

[Sistine Fanny]

You raise an interesting legal point. Can an armed pedestrian in a crosswalk legally "stand his ground" and shoot an automobile driver if he has a reasonable fear that the driver is going to hit him? Perhaps so. But I think I'd just try to jump out of the way.

But you are not a squirrel.....

lb13

That is an AWESOME avatar!!

And in a coincidence, you know I read obscure detective fiction, and one story I remember from an author I've forgotten was titled Houston in the Rear View Mirror. That could be the name of this if you wish to be subtler than Stand Your Ground and Make My Day...

I thought of the Mac Davis song Texas in My Rear View Mirror. How close is Lubbock to Houston?

[Sistine Fanny]

But you are not a squirrel.....

lb13

That is an AWESOME avatar!!

And in a coincidence, you know I read obscure detective fiction, and one story I remember from an author I've forgotten was titled Houston in the Rear View Mirror. That could be the name of this if you wish to be subtler than Stand Your Ground and Make My Day...

Well, I'm not sure if that's Houston up ahead or not, but I'll keep the suggestion in mind..... at least until Fanny comes along and gives it its real title.....

I wonder what Sprots thinks of pistol-packin' squirrels.....?

lb13

Brake for Squirrels!

or

Armed and Stupid....

[littlebeast13]

But you are not a squirrel.....

lb13

That is an AWESOME avatar!!

And in a coincidence, you know I read obscure detective fiction, and one story I remember from an author I've forgotten was titled Houston in the Rear View Mirror. That could be the name of this if you wish to be subtler than Stand Your Ground and Make My Day...

I thought of the Mac Davis song Texas in My Rear View Mirror. How close is Lubbock to Houston?

It don't know. Let me use the position of the sun in the sky to calculate that.....

lb13

[a1mamacat]

Freakin Funny!!!

[SportsFan68]

Um, you learn that in one day in Houston watching pedestrian crosswalks where pedestrians have the legal right of way.

You raise an interesting legal point. Can an armed pedestrian in a crosswalk legally "stand his ground" and shoot an automobile driver if he has a reasonable fear that the driver is going to hit him? Perhaps so. But I think I'd just try to jump out of the way.

But you are not a squirrel.....

lb13

I agree with Mini -- that is incredible!

But it is too violent. It will not win.

[christie1111]

That is an AWESOME avatar!!

Sometimes, little details can be too much, for the trivia obsessed.

I was going to applaud ES for the time displayed on the clock radio, but neither the sun nor a full moon should be in that position in the sky at 11:11.

11:11 Yay!