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Am I the only one in this country who is missing something? What the heck does Stand Your Ground have to do with this case, where the defendant had his head being paved into the concrete (at least according to what the jury believed)?!?! Wasn't this guy (Obama) a law professor?
The voice of reason: http://nbcpolitics.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/07/21/19597091-mccain-joins-obama-in-calling-for-review-of-stand-your-ground-laws?lite
I believe we're still waiting for an explanation as to what Stand Your Ground has to do with this....
They work hand in hand. If one gets changed so will the other.
So are you saying that you think the law should be rewritten that self defense is not a defense? Scary!
Where did you get that from, Glenn Beck?
No, I guess I misunderstood what you wrote."They go hand in hand. If one gets changed so will the other."What is 'they? If Stand your ground gets changed so will what
The self defense law. It needs to be changed to the amount of force that can be used."Just as you must reasonably believe that force is necessary, the amount of force you use also must be reasonable. This means you can’t shoot someone over a shove or take some other over-the-top action that escalates the incident."
To quote one of the back and forths in the trial from a self defense expert - No, you do not need to wait until you are actually dead to respond with deadly force
Mark him down as an idiot. How you use deadly force if you are dead?
A little OT here, but I never understood how race came to play here:Zimmerman didn't even know that he was black when he called the police, as evident in his response to the dispatcher, "Oh... I think he's black."
This is already the law. The law is quite good and quite reasonable. The people criticizing it are usually idiots who are looking for something to criticize, or are pandering to an audience.
Are you being for real?
Exactly his point!
I know what his point is. It is like telling someone 2+2=4.
You would know more about this than me but are you sure? I thought in some states the response has to be proportionate. Also in many states you must try to retreat before using deadly force.