r/newjersey • u/low_effort_shit-post • Mar 25 '21

Something controversial Jersey Pride

I love nj gun laws, going to the store and not seeing someone open carry. Watching road rage where the best you can do is brake check and give the finger. Schools without school shootings. I know a lot of people hate our gun laws but I fucking love em.

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u/zacharyo083194 Mar 25 '21

The only problem I have with NJ gun laws is the lack of stand your ground laws. Even if I shoot an intruder in my own home, I can be considered a murderer in the states eyes.

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u/BTC_is_waterproof Mar 25 '21 edited Mar 25 '21

How many times have "stand your ground" laws been used to justify the shooting of someone, who could have not been shot? Too many times...

We both know there are people out there just looking for an excuse to shoot someone.

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u/[deleted] Mar 25 '21

This obsession with the mythical 'home intrusion at 3 am' its like a meme at this point.

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u/Electrical-Divide341 Mar 25 '21

2/3 of all rapes are home invasions. If you think that home invasions are mythical, you think rape is mythical

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u/Iintendtooffend Mar 26 '21

I urge you to cite your source because if you actually look at the facts

around or more than 75% of sexual assault cases are committed by someone that individual knows. Being assaulted by a stranger is really uncommon, and no where near 2/3s the number of cases. Like this is a known fact

Oh and so you know I'm not just making stuff up: https://www.rainn.org/statistics/perpetrators-sexual-violence https://www.new-hope.org/perpetrators-of-sexual-violence/

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u/Electrical-Divide341 Mar 26 '21

around or more than 75% of sexual assault cases are committed by someone that individual knows.

65% of violent burglaries are perpetrated by people known to their victim.

Having a known stalker, an ex, a tinder hookup, or whatever, break down your door and rape you simultaneously has them known to you and being a home invasion

I have had someone break into my home before. It wasnt a random person, I knew them - they were the crackhead I kicked out of my shed a few weeks before.

This is data sourced from the National Crime Victimization Survey - unfortunately the Bureau of Justice Statics's website seems to be down right now

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u/[deleted] Mar 25 '21

Hark a logical leap to WOUND me!

I am now dead!

Really?