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Canada warns LGBT travellers of US risks (www.bbc.co.uk)
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/2089998

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[+] -12 points 3 years ago (21 children)

also have "Stand Your Ground" laws

What exactly do you think these laws mean?

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago (17 children)

    Those laws basically say it's OK to shoot someone if you feel threatened. You can practically get away with murdering someone for looking at you the wrong way.

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  • [–] -1 points 3 years ago (16 children)

    That's not at all what they say. They "basically" say that you don't have a duty to run away from someone who is actively attacking you.

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  • [–] 11 points 3 years ago* (15 children)

    Fine, maybe I misinterpreted why people think it's OK to shoot at people for knocking on their door or pulling into the wrong driveway. I still don't want to go to places where people are likely to do that.

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  • [+] -12 points 3 years ago (14 children)

    That's not a realistic fear. Certainly not something worth putting out a public notice about an entire country of 300 million people.

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  • [–] 9 points 3 years ago (13 children)

    It happened several times in the last year, I’d mark it as realistic.

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  • [+] -10 points 3 years ago (12 children)

    "Several times" across a country with 300 million people? That's nothing but paranoia. You're significantly more likely to be struck by lightning.

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  • [–] 6 points 3 years ago (11 children)

    Do you routinely walk into open expanses during electrical storms?

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  • [+] -8 points 3 years ago* (10 children)

    Do you routinely go around knocking on strangers doors? Or pulling into their driveways?

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Yeah, sometimes. I live in a country with strict gun laws though, so I’m less concerned about getting shot than I am about getting hit by lightening.

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  • [–] -1 points 3 years ago

    Kinda weird to be randomly knocking on doors, but to each their own. The country is also massive, just visit the nice states. Depending on where you live, youd be just as likely to be stabbed then shot at for knocking on a door.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago (5 children)

    Neither of those things should get you shot and/or killed what the fuck!

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  • [–] 0 points 3 years ago* (4 children)

    They won't. That's the point.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 years ago (3 children)

    You can't say they won't when some dipshit shot at a kid for knocking on his door lol. They will.

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  • [–] -3 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    So no one in Canada has ever been shot? 🤔

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  • [–] 0 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Yeah, we're not having a discussion. You're just kinda jerking yourself off and moving the goal posts so I'm out.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago

    I'm not moving anything. You think because a couple of people, in a country of 300 million killed by done crazy dude when they knock on his door, that the whole country is at risk. It's a completely preposterous position. And this is not an exclusive risk to the US.

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