For the second time, Frenchie Fambro has been cleared of any wrongdoing in connection with the July 21, 2011 shooting death of Christoper Martin Stepanski, 26.
Stepanski was shot and killed in the parking lot of JR. Food Mart on College Drive in Barnesville.
Frenchie Fambro, shown here in court, has been cleared.
2) Alton: you bet that if someone is beating me up and I feel my life and well-being threatened on the life and well-being of others threatened I will use my firearm. Lots of people get beat to death every year. Have a weapon is not the defining line for assault or murder, being assaulted or someone trying to kill you is. If you are in your car and someone is punching you and you are in fear for your life, will you just sit there at take it because "hey, they don't have a weapon"? I highly doubt it. You would likely drive away, hit back or use a weapon to end the conflict and the threat to your person. That, in the state of Georgia, is considered a reasonable response.
3) Alton: There is no "green light". It is a law on the books that if I feel my life, well-being or the life/well-being of those about me threatened, I may take action to resolve that threat, up to and including the use of a firearm. Are you suggesting that people should do otherwise with there is the threat of grave bodily harm or death?
4) Alton: Did the deceased have a weapon? I don't know, do you? If he was capable of inflicting grave bodily harm or killing someone with his bare hands, does it matter? Regardless, if you don't know for certain, how is speculating even relevant?
5) Alton: The CAPS are not needed and don't really help you seem more credible or intelligent.
Obviously there is more to the story.
Alton had no valid point at all other than his belief than (apparently) defending yourself when threatened in some how bad. I guess the morally superior position is just to take the beating, get over being threatened or try to get away (even if you are actually unable to do so). Saying that using deadly force in a situation deemed as self-defense is not a "green-light" for anyone to kill some one "just because." The courts understand that, law enforcement understand that and the overwhelming majority of gun owners understand it. Obviously, you and Alton do not.
And, yes, obviously there is a lot more to the story. In your mind he should have just rolled up his window and driven away, but what if he couldn't? You are quick to decide he had other options (based on virtually no information), but not so quick to give the benefit of a doubt. You know what they say, what comes around goes around.
"Long-winded" enough for you?
Did I not write threat of grave bodily harm or death? Seems like it is you that is picking and choosing what you see and read. Then again, maybe you can't read at all.
And it is a sure sign of someone that knows that they are on the losing end of discussion when they take the time to write "end of argument" to finish their post. I think if you spent a little more time on reading comprehension and critical thinking you would actually understand what I wrote.
It sends a clear message to me, and should to everyone else. If you ever feel like your life is in jeopardy whether it be in public, in your car, or at home....Fire first, and ask questions later. Better that 12 judge you than 6 carry you. Or should I say, (1) that being a judge.
The legal system is set up to give the doubt to the defendant, not to the prosecutor. That way we don't end up with a lot of truly innocent people in jail just because people don't like the look of the guy, "think" they are guilty, etc.
And I like the way you keep misrepresenting the situation. You keep saying "feel like your life is in jeopardy" as if that is a small thing. As if there is some moral superiority in letting someone assault you or kill you over ending the threat. You seem to be trying to connect legal self defense with reckless use of fire arms. Honestly, it must be a strange world that you like in to see that a person committing the assault has more rights than the one being assaulted.
I think the real issue here is one man decided he was going to slap another man around and instead met a bullet or two. It's a shame Mr. Stepanski was killed but nobody should have to put up with a physical beating or even the threat of one. Many people have been beaten to death. In some cases, particularly with women, a gun is the only thing between life and death against the threat of physical force.
What would you have said if a woman shot Mr. Stepanski under the same circumstances?