I stumbled across 2 amazing tales today, and have yet to see either appear here. These are truly must read articles. Follow me below the orange guncotton --
The "Drone War defence allows preemptive murder of neighbors" faction
In Florida it is being argued that shooting somebody in cold blood can nonetheless be self defense and standing one's ground because the US government, in defending its drone attacks and such, has redefined imminent to mean "might possibly happen in the future".
I'm not making this up.
Lousy War-on-Terror Arguments Used to Justify Preemptive Strike Against Neighbors
Well, this has just leapt into contention for Argument of the Year:
"I think legally that term has sort of been evolving especially given changes of our government’s definition of 'imminent,'" attorney Robert Berry, who is representing Woodward, told Florida Today.
It's a somewhat short article
here
The "Agree there is a God or eat hot lead." faction
Then, a guy kills his buddy for arguing that there is no god, and the killer's attorney says that it should only be manslaughter because he was provoked.
An Oakland man has been convicted of first-degree murder for using an assault rifle to gun down a friend and wound another during an argument over the existence of God.
Another short article
here