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Ending Stand Your Ground Laws July 19, 2013 11:42 am BuckGalaxy

These laws exist in many states now because of a big push for them by the NRA a couple years ago. It essentially fixed a problem that didn’t exist. Lethal force in self defense was already an option, IF and only if, there was no safe escape route available for the potential crime victim. (It could be argued that in the Zimmerman case if events actually occurred the way Zimmerman describe and Martin was mounted on top and beating down on him, there would have been no safe escape route and thus the shooting would have been justified.) With SYG, someone has the right to KILL another person simply because they are afraid of them. They don’t have to leave, they can stay there and kill the person. Because they are afraid.

I hope there is enough momentum now to overturn these laws that only encourage more violence and vigilantism.

  • Boycott Florida, Florida products and Florida businesses. by bowser 2013-07-20 00:32:35
    • You might want to check on how many states have the same law. by TB 2013-07-20 07:24:39
    • Trayvon Martin got exactly what was coming to him. by ER 2013-07-19 14:26:24
      • Fact: Trayvon Martin was enormously culpable in his own death. by RobVG 2013-07-22 19:45:02
        • Trayvon Martin was just "standing his ground". by ER 2013-07-22 19:51:05
          • You obviously didn't watch the same trial I did. n/t by RobVG 2013-07-22 20:04:19
            • I believe you responded while I was still editing. by ER 2013-07-22 20:31:14
        • Oh, and I almost forgot. by ER 2013-07-19 16:07:33
        • Wait, is that why "the media" chose the Zimmerman case to cover? by alcaray 2013-07-19 12:52:27
          • Hey now! TBs post that I responded to disappeared. by alcaray 2013-07-19 12:53:26
            • Whatever. by TB 2013-07-19 13:05:51
              • Dunno about Buck or Maddow. I was just trying to figure out the stand you were taking without taking a stand. by alcaray 2013-07-19 14:01:46

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