What the F is wrong with people?!?!

[TakeNoPrisoners]

This is why cowboys are supposed to carry guns. Run over my dog twice? Threaten to run over myself and my friends while we're on horseback? You're done. 45-70 through your drivers side window.

This. It's self defence, perfectly legal and allowed.

 

[Doppel]

The truth is though. I did exaggerate though, you are clearly 12.

Weaker.

 

[TakeNoPrisoners]

I'm ok with people doing crap like that, such as I try and not get annoyed when a tractor is doing 15 mph in front of me, but only if there is a reason. If somebody in front of me is doing 40 in a 50 and I cannot pass I rage!!!!

It is illegal for you to impede any movement of farm equipment. This is a very old law that goes back generations and is an awesome law for farmers. You cannot go very fast in a tractor. They arn't geared for it. Thats why they use flags and flashing lights.

If somebody is doing 40 in a 50 then that is legal too and they have all rights to do it. Just pass when you can. At a certain speed though it is a crime to drive too slowly though but I believe you have to be impeding traffic in some way.

 

[Texashiker]

I'm well aware of what open range laws are. They are liability subsidies for ranchers. Anyone one else being as negligent as to intentionally leave their personal property in the public roadways causing an accident would be sued into the dirt and likely be found criminally negligent as well. Open range laws create a special class of citizens (ranchers) who can't be held accountable for their actions.

Your argument is epic fail.

If you like to eat, the farmer has to have an easy way to move their livestock and other farm goods.

 

[Eos]

It's part of the growing sense of entitlement in this country, I think.

Isn't this the new Godwin's law?

There have always been assholes. There has always been people who are impatient. There has always been people who delight in causing others pain. A "growing sense of entitlement" is just a stupid comment.

 

[alkemyst]

Isn't this the new Godwin's law?

There have always been assholes. There has always been people who are impatient. There has always been people who delight in causing others pain. A "growing sense of entitlement" is just a stupid comment.

I don't think you have a grasp on reality. It's well known that our sense of community has broken down.

 

[Eos]

I don't think. It's well known that our sense of community has broken down.

ftfy

Also, citation needed.

 

[alkemyst]

ftfy

Also, citation needed.

citation? most people no longer know their next door neighbors, this is even worse in condos/apartments.

Welfare / Medicare fraud are on the rise and property crime is up.

 

[Doppel]

citation? most people no longer know their next door neighbors, this is even worse in condos/apartments.

Welfare / Medicare fraud are on the rise and property crime is up.

For a moment ignoring the irony of you lamenting the lack of community, let's look at this picture:

 

[killster1]

Im 99% sure there is more to the story. They prob went right out infront of him and where taking ages, he was super drunk or had previous beef with the cows etc. Who cares if its a even that happens every year doesnt mean its not goign to frustrate someone. depending on my day id be annoyed too. (of course i woudnt run over cows unless wanted to pay for them and ruin my car hehehe)

 

[Eos]

Im 99% sure there is more to the story. They prob went right out infront of him and where taking ages, he was super drunk or had previous beef with the cows etc. Who cares if its a even that happens every year doesnt mean its not goign to frustrate someone. depending on my day id be annoyed too. (of course i woudnt run over cows unless wanted to pay for them and ruin my car hehehe)

:hmm:

 

[alkemyst]

For a moment ignoring the irony of you lamenting the lack of community, let's look at this picture:

You realize that is over half a decade old, but also before the economy fell.

 

[Doppel]

:hmm:

lol I didn't even pick up on that.

 

[n7]

Put him in a corral with hundreds of angry cattle.
Problem should resolve itself.

 

[Eos]

For a moment ignoring the irony of you lamenting the lack of community, let's look at this picture:

You realize that is over half a decade old, but also before the economy fell.

Are you trying to say the drop in crime rate is meaningless? Please expand on your position.

 

[Doppel]

You realize that is over half a decade old, but also before the economy fell.

Please stop posting on this topic.

Same wiki link, including through 2009 on property crime, no less, the thing you said is going up. Much lower in 2009 than in 2005.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crime_in_the_United_States#1990s_decline

 

[QueBert]

This. It's self defence, perfectly legal and allowed.

I don't believe it's legal at all, cops don't shoot at the driver of a moving vehicle because it can make a situation even more dangerous. There are rare instances where the cop will shoot, but since they're almost never in a situation where it's justifiable. I find it impossible to believe there's ever one where a civilian would be in the right to do so.

 

[Ronstang]

This is why cowboys are supposed to carry guns. Run over my dog twice? Threaten to run over myself and my friends while we're on horseback? You're done. 45-70 through your drivers side window.

If this had happened in Texas they probably would have been carrying guns and it is likely the dog would have not been run over in the first place, let alone a second time.

 

[Nebor]

I don't believe it's legal at all, cops don't shoot at the driver of a moving vehicle because it can make a situation even more dangerous. There are rare instances where the cop will shoot, but since they're almost never in a situation where it's justifiable. I find it impossible to believe there's ever one where a civilian would be in the right to do so.

It's still very common for Texas DPS (Highway Patrol) to shoot drivers who won't stop. Watch some police chase videos from Texas and you'll see that usually within 5 minutes of DPS taking over a chase (typically when a chase leaves the jurisdiction of a major city) they roll up next to the runner with a shotgun and blast him.

And if you don't think you can shoot someone driving a car that's threatening your life with the car.... well, you're just wrong. A car is a deadly weapon.

 

[Doppel]

It's still very common for Texas DPS (Highway Patrol) to shoot drivers who won't stop. Watch some police chase videos from Texas and you'll see that usually within 5 minutes of DPS taking over a chase (typically when a chase leaves the jurisdiction of a major city) they roll up next to the runner with a shotgun and blast him.

And if you don't think you can shoot someone driving a car that's threatening your life with the car.... well, you're just wrong. A car is a deadly weapon.

Got any vids? That sounds like movie stuff.

 

[dabuddha]

For a moment ignoring the irony of you lamenting the lack of community, let's look at this picture:

haha I was about to post the same thing. It's best not to feed the ignorant trolls.

 

[Doppel]

oops "

 

[Craig234]

It is remarkable how these people who are so against the government doing anything turn around and demand they put people in jail for life for breaking a dog's leg.

This poster is the same guy who, in response to a man having his house burn down while firefighters stood by because he hadn't paid his bill, answered a question 'what if a person had been inside' by saying 'then he won't forget to pay next time', and suggested the government should declare the man who lost his home to be homeless and deport him from the country.

And he laments the 'lack of community'. Government make the fire department a mandatory part of local taxes? Oh no!

 

[Nebor]

Got any vids? That sounds like movie stuff.

The Texas Tribune and the San Antonio Express-News analyzed data from nearly 5,000 DPS pursuit reports from January 2005 through July 2010. Troopers fired their guns during chases nearly 90 times over the last five years, and 14 of those incidents occurred in urban areas. By contrast, the San Antonio, Fort Worth and Austin police departments and the Harris County Sheriff's Office prohibit officers from using their firearms during a pursuit except in self-defense or to defend others, and they are not allowed to set up roadblocks to stop a chase.

I looked for the videos, but they seem hard to find online. I've seen them live on TV when I lived in Texas, and I've seen them played as training videos for police officers. Texas DPS is one of the most professional, no-nonsense police forces in the country. Troopers act not just as highway traffic enforcement, but often as the only law enforcement entity for dozens of miles at times. It's the feeder organization for those that want to become Texas Rangers.

 

[SAWYER]

People are getting more and more of the mind set that nothing at all should ever inconvenience them and then harming others.

Reminds me of Ryan Dunn and drunk driving