It is unfortunate in this day and age that all crimes occurring between people of different races will inevitably be argued to have been caused by racism. Al Sharpton obviously can take alot of credit for this, however when he falls asleep on the job, we have the NAACP to pick up the slack. The following story from the Las Vegas Sun is a reminder of two very important facts of life:

The Second Amendment was added to the Constitution to allow individuals to protect themselves, their family, and their property.
If a person of color is hurt or killed while committing a violent crime, attempts will be made to portray him as the victim rather than the victimizer. (unless the other party was also a person of color in which case it does not get discussed publicly)

First the facts of the case as reported by the Sun:

Prosecutors said homeowner Shannon Edmonds opened fire Dec. 7 after three young men rampaged through the Clearlake house demanding marijuana and brutally beat his stepson. Rashad Williams, 21, and Christian Foster, 22, were shot in the back. Hughes fled.

Edmonds’ stepson, Dale Lafferty, suffered brain damage from the baseball bat beating he took during the melee. The 19-year-old lives in a rehabilitation center and can no longer feed himself.

Hughes was charged with first-degree murder under California’s Provocative Act doctrine, versions of which have been on the books in many states for generations but are rarely used.

The Provocative Act doctrine does not require prosecutors to prove the accused intended to kill. Instead, “they have to show that it was reasonably foreseeable that the criminal enterprise could trigger a fatal response from the homeowner,” said Brian Getz, a San Francisco defense attorney unconnected to the case.

Disregarding who the real victim is in the case, the Rev. Amos Brown, head of the San Francisco chapter of the NAACP and pastor at Hughes’ church has decided to speak out:

“This man had no business killing these boys,” Brown said. “They were shot in the back. They had fled.”

Brown and other NAACP officials are asking why the homeowner is walking free. Tests showed Edmonds had marijuana and prescription medication in his system the night of the shooting. Edmonds had a prescription for both the pot and the medication to treat depression.

The homeowner is walking free because he did not break into someones home in the middle of the night and beat them over the head with a baseball bat. The homeowner should receive a pat on the back for removing two criminal thugs from this planet, while offering an apology for failing to take out the third.

If it were up to the Rev. Brown, I am sure that all forms of self defense statutes would be removed from the law books so no more racist white folk kill innocent black boys. Luckily the American people, no matter how liberal they may have become, will ever allow this to happen.

If more homeowners exercised their Second Amendment right to own a firearm, people like Hughes and his freinds would think twice before breaking into homes.

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