Do you believe that if you're attacked you have the right to defend yourself? Let's say someone is bashing your head into the ground does that give you a right to use "deadly" force(gun, knife, etc) in order to save your own life.
I donÂ’t think this is a really valid question. EVERYONE thinks they have a right to protect themselves. Well, almost everyone, there are always exceptions.
The crux of this issue is, as usual, guns. As this is a clear reference to the Zimmerman trial, the left generally believes that guns are a blight and unnecessary. When someone uses a weapon to kill another, the automatic assumption is that person is guilty. They shot and killed another person that was not armed. In this case, there is more to that because it was not like it was in ZÂ’s home but it was out on the street. This is also strengthened by a belief that the police are there to protect you and that they are capable of doing a decent job at that. I think that the general opposition to things like castle laws stem from those beliefs. You donÂ’t need to go around shooting people, the cops will handle the criminals and even the bad guys do not deserve death sentences for burglary.
[*]Now, some on the left may have some problems with that, fine. I am not stating that ALL people on the left are like that and if you feel that is generally wrong then correct me BUT I think that this is the general feeling here.
The right is the exact opposite. They see weapons as integral to being able to protect yourself from others that not only might be armed but could also be bigger or a better fighter. They don’t really see a weapon as a problem. Most people on the right also don’t see the police as a force that protects them but rather as a cleanup crew. As the ever popular saying goes; when seconds count, the police are only minutes away. This, as on the other side, means conservatives generally support things like castle laws as most conservatives feel that they are responsible for protecting ‘their own.’
Same * as above applies there though as well.
They're the ones that haven't grew out of their racism the past 60 years.
