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<blockquote data-quote="skinofevil" data-source="post: 6605" data-attributes="member: 45">Wouldn't matter. It's not about 'word', it's about provability before a jury. Remember, judges don't decide criminal cases; juries do. In fact, jury nullification is quite a powerful thing in the United States, a principle in which, even if a jury believes that the state has proven its case, the jury can actually acquit based on the idea that the law itself is wrong, <a href="https://blog.tenthamendmentcenter.com/2017/08/jury-refuses-to-convict-participants-in-bundy-ranch-standoff/" target="_blank">as happened with some associates of the Bundy cattle ranch debacle</a>. The court system is still ultimately answerable to the jury, which makes the only real immediate threat posed by this bill the threat of trigger-happy cops -- which is already a threat that exists regardless of this proposed bill.If anything, this quote only proves the pragmatism of this bill.Also, just an aside: You're arguing your point here really adeptly. It's been a long while since I've had a good intellectual sparring match like this one, I'm really quite enjoying it. :)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="skinofevil, post: 6605, member: 45"] Wouldn't matter. It's not about 'word', it's about provability before a jury. Remember, judges don't decide criminal cases; juries do. In fact, jury nullification is quite a powerful thing in the United States, a principle in which, even if a jury believes that the state has proven its case, the jury can actually acquit based on the idea that the [I]law itself[/I] is wrong, [URL='https://blog.tenthamendmentcenter.com/2017/08/jury-refuses-to-convict-participants-in-bundy-ranch-standoff/']as happened with some associates of the Bundy cattle ranch debacle[/URL]. The court system is still ultimately answerable to the jury, which makes the only real [I]immediate[/I] threat posed by this bill the threat of trigger-happy cops -- which is already a threat that exists regardless of this proposed bill. If anything, this quote only proves the pragmatism of this bill. Also, just an aside: You're arguing your point here [I]really[/I] adeptly. It's been a long while since I've had a good intellectual sparring match like this one, I'm really quite enjoying it. :) [/QUOTE]

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