Homeless Person Assaults Forum Member

[Wiley Marmot]

You might recall I've mentioned the Focus RS I owned and traded in on my GT. I still hang out in our RS forum besides here. Saw this shocking post of a deadly force assault on one of our Canadian forum members this AM.

Some homeless person attacked Johnny yesterday by throwing a cricket bat at him at close range. Fortunately; Johnny had seen the attack coming and had already started his RS moving, so instead of the bat impacting the drivers window it hit the drivers side rear door window. Exploding glass all over Johnny and the interior. Johnny sustained no, or minor injuries; stopped for a moment; considered his response options then drove home and contacted the police.

And I though deer and turkey encounters were dangerous in my area! WTF?!

https://www.focusrs.org/threads/cricket-bat-to-the-rear-window-ended-as-youd-expect.129848/






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[Neggytive]

There is something to be said for living in a "stand your ground" state.

 

[erocker]

There is something to be said for living in a "stand your ground" state.

Pretty easy taking a life, huh?

 

[AZ_Ryan]

There is something to be said for living in a "stand your ground" state.

So you'll shoot mentally ill homeless guy because he threw a cricket bat at your car? A window isnt worth a life. Thats what insurance is for.

 

[Paul's stable]

You might recall I've mentioned the Focus RS I owned and traded in on my GT. I still hang out in our RS forum besides here. Saw this shocking post of a deadly force assault on one of our Canadian forum members this AM.

Some homeless person attacked Johnny yesterday by throwing a cricket bat at him at close range. Fortunately; Johnny had seen the attack coming and had already started his RS moving, so instead of the bat impacting the drivers window it hit the drivers side rear door window. Exploding glass all over Johnny and the interior. Johnny sustained no, or minor injuries; stopped for a moment; considered his response options then drove home and contacted the police.

And I though deer and turkey encounters were dangerous in my area! WTF?!

https://www.focusrs.org/threads/cricket-bat-to-the-rear-window-ended-as-youd-expect.129848/






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As a Canadian member. I will tell you the police will not do a thing. Homeless in Vancouver are treated like special citizens who can do what everything they want with no consequences. Instead of getting them off the streets they just lowered the speed limit to 10 mph so you don't hit one wondering down the middle of the road hallucinating.

 

[Neggytive]

Pretty easy taking a life, huh?

No, it is not.

 

[Yamazuki]

No, it is not.

Nor should it be; but anyone who isn't willing to defend their own life probably shouldn't expect anyone else to do it for them. Defund the police, take everyone's guns away, separate church and state, God has no place in our society; but what's the first thing those advocating for these things do when they get into trouble? Call a man with a gun and pray he gets there in time. Chances are, he won't. Call the police, then order food and see which one gets there first.

My apologies if this borderlines on too political for the forum and will remove my post if a moderator has any issues with it.

 

[AZ_Ryan]

Nor should it be; but anyone who isn't willing to defend their own life probably shouldn't expect anyone else to do it for them. Defund the police, take everyone's guns away, separate church and state, God has no place in our society; but what's the first thing those advocating for these things do when they get into trouble? Call a man with a gun and pray he gets there in time. Chances are, he won't. Call the police, then order food and see which one gets there first.

My apologies if this borderlines on too political for the forum and will remove my post if a moderator has any issues with it.

Yikes. Im not sure what ANY of that has to do with a busted window or this story. Lets not turn this into a defunding the police or a religious gun conversation please. Waaaay too political.

 

[Yamazuki]

Yikes. Im not sure what ANY of that has to do with a busted window or this story. Lets not turn this into a defunding the police or a religious gun conversation please. Waaaay too political.

To a busted window or this story, not much. Unfortunately, it is the direction that the majority of the posts on this thread so far were headed towards. Yours included. Fact of the matter is, this same mentally ill homeless person could very easily have a history of violence and/or been self medicating on any number of drugs; and had the opportunity presented itself, this story could have ended very differently. That is what I believe @Neggytive was eluding to. Things just went sideways from there.

Please don't get me wrong. I'm not arguing that anyone else's viewpoint is right or wrong, it's just the world as I see it. And for whatever it's worth, I'm not the one that brought it up, I'm simply responding to what's already been said. I'm sorry if I offended you.

There is something to be said for living in a "stand your ground" state.

Pretty easy taking a life, huh?

No, it is not.

So you'll shoot mentally ill homeless guy because he threw a cricket bat at your car? A window isnt worth a life. Thats what insurance is for.

 

[Epiphany]

Good thing there was no baby in the backseat. Glad nobody got hurt.

 

[AZ_Ryan]

To a busted window or this story, not much. Unfortunately, it is the direction that the majority of the posts on this thread so far were headed towards. Yours included. Fact of the matter is, this same mentally ill homeless person could very easily have a history of violence and/or been self medicating on any number of drugs; and had the opportunity presented itself, this story could have ended very differently. That is what I believe @Neggytive was eluding to. Things just went sideways from there.

Please don't get me wrong. I'm not arguing that anyone else's viewpoint is right or wrong, it's just the world as I see it. And for whatever it's worth, I'm not the one that brought it up, I'm simply responding to what's already been said. I'm sorry if I offended you.

"Defund the police, take everyone's guns away, separate church and state, God has no place in our society"

These are your words. None of those things we're brought up prior to your post. And no, the conversation was not going there. So dont say you're responding to the things me or anyone else said. The title of the thread literally says no politics. You blew threw that stop sign and went straight to fox news. Im pretty sure thats not what the OP intended when he started this.

 

[LouG]

That is just not cricket old boy. What a bounder, he needs a good talking to.

 

[Yamazuki]

"Defund the police, take everyone's guns away, separate church and state, God has no place in our society"

These are your words. None of those things we're brought up prior to your post. And no, the conversation was not going there. So dont say you're responding to the things me or anyone else said. The title of the thread literally says no politics. You blew threw that stop sign and went straight to fox news. Im pretty sure thats not what the OP intended when he started this.

No one mentioned shooting anyone either until you brought that to the table. Nor was killing anyone mentioned before @erocker suggested that taking a life was easy for someone simply because they live in state where you still have the right to defend yourself. So don't tell me that's not where things were going when it only took 2 posts get these types of responses out of you chuckleheads. You tell me not to say I'm responding to things you said? Maybe you should figure out what 'stand your ground' actually means, why it's important, and why people who live someplace that have it should feel lucky in this day and age. Because when your mouth starts a fight it can't finish, you're gonna want to make damn sure you're not the agitator.

 

[Joshinator99]

Pretty easy taking a life, huh?

Agreed. A guy can just whip a cricket bat at your head and do the job, right? No repercussions of living in a society where your actions have no consequences. On the other hand, if the cricket bat thrower knew that perhaps the RS driver could actually defend himself, maybe he doesn’t throw the bat to begin with…

 

[AZ_Ryan]

No one mentioned shooting anyone either until you brought that to the table. Nor was killing anyone mentioned before @erocker suggested that taking a life was easy for someone simply because they live in state where you still have the right to defend yourself. So don't tell me that's not where things were going when it only took 2 posts get these types of responses out of you chuckleheads. You tell me not to say I'm responding to things you said? Maybe you should figure out what 'stand your ground' actually means, why it's important, and why people who live someplace that have it should feel lucky in this day and age. Because when your mouth starts a fight it can't finish, you're gonna want to make damn sure you're not the agitator.

Brother I live in Arizona and I own guns. I know damn well what stand your ground is. And it doesn't have anything to do with this shit -

"Defund the police, take everyone's guns away, separate church and state, God has no place in our society"

So stop trying to turn this around on me and own it. That crap is not what the conversation was about and you know it.

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