Wyoming’s “Stand Your Ground” law says you don’t have to run from a confrontation before defending yourself. That is what Rihanna Kelver and her counsel are asking a Laramie judge to consider as they seek protection from prosecution in a felony case stemming from a confrontation outside the Crowbar.
And it appears that Wyoming considers approaching someone who has had words with you is an escalation.
Brandishing a weapon is… I don’t konw if it’s a use of force or some other classification, but there are laws against that.
It sounds to me that the court will consider all the arguments and come to whatever conclusion the law specifies. Or maybe it won’t and the law should be changed, or… dunno. Just responding to two minor things you said that I thought required minor replies. :)
Yeah it’s all good man, I appreciate the banter. Now I wish there was an easy way to follow up on this and find out the conclusion.
Yeah, that’s the main problem with this stuff (lemmy/reddit/etc).
The Freedom Fuel thing just popped up again, for example, and until it did I’d forgotten about it. We know more about it now, and if it hadn’t popped up again, I’d’ve never thought about it again. heh.