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A Trans Woman Pulled a Gun and Started a ‘Stand Your Ground’ Debate (archive.is)
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Wyoming’s “stand your ground” law is supposed to offer legal protections to gun owners who draw in self-defense, yet Ms. Kelver was arrested and charged with aggravated assault and possession of a deadly weapon with unlawful intent, charges that carry up to 15 years in prison.

The case has touched off an impassioned debate in one of the country’s most gun-friendly, staunchly Republican states about whether the Second Amendment applies when the person holding the gun is transgender.

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[–] 33 points 3 weeks ago*

I want to add that this sort of stuff is the result of lots of small things happening over time. "Death by a thousand cuts".

"Mutual respect" and "keeping a level head" may not be tangible physical things, but they are finite resources. Piss people off enough, and they explode.

This sort of thing caused a minor blow up at a community center thing I attend to. The organization switched to forcing everyone to use """"Freedom""""Transit for cost reduction reasons and the utter garbage that is US public transport pissed everyone off enough that one of the staff members almost got a new asshole.

Frankly I probably would've done the same thing if I was her, with the distance different that I'd do it sooner as I have a short fuse!

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