There are lots of people who, apparently, have non-visible handicaps. Some, people with breathing problems, deserve to park close to the their destination.
Some, less generously, are only mentally handicapped; they are inconsiderate of truly handicapped people.
IT IS BAD ENOUGH watching a person with a hang tag walk, sans apparent disability, to his or her destination.
Even if the person can run a 15K marathon, that hang tag protects them from getting a ticket and possible $250 fine.
- I learned this in Norfolk VA when a cop was about to write a citation and the vehicle’s driver produced a hang tag — a tag that was not hung.
I would LIKE to confront the apparently healthy individuals, but the risk to MY welfare is too great.
In Florida a man had words with a woman driver while her husband/boyfriend/kin was in a quickie mart. The woman’s husband etc. came out and took physical issue with the person chastising his — let’s all her his “partner” as a catch-all term. He pushed the complainer to the ground at which point the complainer pulled out a handgun and shot (and killed) the woman’s partner.
The shooter is claiming he’s covered by Florida’s Stand Your Ground law.
Whether the shooting was legal or not — and there is some evidence that the shooting was not a true “Stand Your Ground” issue — is up to the court to decide.
- The law is very specific. If a person feels a life is in danger AND the attacker is approaching, then Stand Your Ground may be acceptable. If he attacker is backing off or otherwise is no longer a threat, Stand Your Ground morphs into murder. Everyone who has a concealed weapons permit MUST know this; if they don’t they should not have a permit or even a weapon!
When I see someone who appears to be healthy park in a reserved spot and walk away sans hang tag, I start looking for a cop. I won’t call 9-1-1 since there is no real emergency, but I I happen to see a passing cop car I’ll flag it down and suggest that the officer might want to look at the tag-less vehicle.
- I am told by a person with handicap plates that even with the plates he still had to hang the hang tag from the vehicle’s mirror.
It is a real challenge not to confront a person who parks a non-tagged vehicle in a handicapped-only slot, but I forego the opportunity.
No reason to get into a gun fight over someone’s stupidity and lack of decency.
It’s crazy what some people claim as a Stand your Ground defense.
A guy chased another fellow on a Dade County street. He hit the fellow and the fellow died. In court his lawyer claimed his client was “standing his ground.” The judge, looking at a video of the incident, disagreed. Who said “justice is blind?”
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