• Maggoty@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    Not just crime but in large parts of the country it’s a popular myth that they can shoot you for being on their property. They can’t, that’s ridiculous, but Hollywood and popular myth won’t let it die.

    • Ashelyn@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      24 hours ago

      Also, legality doesn’t change the odds of some old white dude taking pot shots from his porch at strange noises, because of precisely the same popular myth