Yeah, it's unfortunate what happened to this women, but I feel like a lot of the "progressives" (both racial and gender) that have been arguing for Ms. Alexander are really misunderstanding exactly what they are asking for.
This same reasoning can be applied to why cops don't fire warning shots, or (as is commonly argued for) "non-lethal" shots. "Why not just shoot in him the leg?" Because the only fukking time a cop should fire his gun in the first place is when his life is in immediate danger...any situation where he could afford to just "clip" the guy, he shouldn't be shooting at all.
What this change basically means : You can now pull out a gun *and* fire it in even more instances now.
The standard for pulling out a weapon should be SOOOOOO fukking high in a modern, civilized, society. Florida is going to lower that standard significantly with these changes. And it's fukked up, because when Marissa Alexander is released, they are going to point to her as an example of "fairness" in the justice system or as a win for blacks....when the law freeing her will become the exact opposite. Cot damnit.
