Thursday, July 18, 2013

STAND YOUR GROUND LAWS should be against the law! Innocent People are killed because of them.


 "To presume from the outset, as Florida's law arguably does, that a deadly response in these situations (like a fist fight) is justified would be at best irresponsible; at worst, that assumption could create a new protected set of behaviors that might otherwise be considered hate crimes or vigilantism."
But legislators across the country nevertheless ignored objections from law enforcement. Indeed, Stand Your Ground gives armed civilians rights that even cops don't enjoy: "Society hesitates to grant blanket immunity to police officers, who are well-trained in the use of deadly force and require yearly testing of their qualifications to carry a firearm," Jansen has written. "Yet the expansion of the Castle Doctrine has given such immunity to citizens.


http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2012/06/nra-alec-stand-your-ground?page=2

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