[net-gold] CRIME AND CRIMINALS: MURDER HOMICIDE : UNITED STATES: STATES: FLORIDA : NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION (NRA): Florida Killing Raises Questions About Stand Your Ground Laws
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- Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2012 18:33:28 -0400 (EDT)
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CRIME AND CRIMINALS: MURDER HOMICIDE :
UNITED STATES: STATES: FLORIDA :
NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION (NRA):
Florida Killing Raises Questions About Stand Your Ground Laws
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Florida Killing Raises Questions About Stand Your Ground Laws
By Tina Susman and Molly Hennessy-Fiske
Los Angeles Times
March 28, 2012 3:10 PM
Vancouver Sun
http://www.vancouversun.com/Florida+killing+raises+
questions+about+stand+your+ground+laws/6375036/story.html
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A shorter URL for the above link:
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http://tinyurl.com/7fgofn6
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It has been called obscene, stupid and the right-to-commit-murder law.
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It has also been credited with protecting people like Sarah McKinley, a
young widow who killed a knife-wielding man after he broke into her
Oklahoma home.
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Opinions about so-called stand your ground legislation at the center of
the Trayvon Martin killing in Sanford, Fla. are as vastly different as
the cases in which it has been invoked since Florida in 2005 became the
first state to adopt such a statute. But now, even defenders of stand your
ground laws say they may need tweaking to clarify the stew of
interpretations that critics say are letting people like George Zimmerman,
who shot the unarmed 17-year-old, get away with murder.
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Randy Jones, a Sanford city commissioner who calls himself a firm believer
in my Second Amendment rights, said that if the statute was creating the
sort of confusion and public rage that has resulted from the Martin
slaying, it would be imperative for the Legislature not necessarily to
repeal the law, but maybe to refine it.
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I really think, at some point, were all going to realize that what we
have, what were dealing with, and what our police chief is dealing with is
a bad law, said fellow Commissioner Patty Mahany, who joined Jones last
week in defending Sanfords police chief, Bill Lee Jr., against a
no-confidence motion. Lee went on paid leave Thursday after the motion
passed 3-2 amid anger over his departments decision not to arrest
Zimmerman for shooting Martin, who was black and whose death has sparked
allegations of institutional racism.
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Lee has said Zimmerman appeared to be protected by the stand your ground
law, which permits someone to stand his or her ground and meet force with
force, including deadly force, if the person fears death or great bodily
harm. The law removes the duty to retreat in the face of a perceived
threat, and it allows the use of force virtually anywhere a home, an
ice-cream shop, a public sidewalk or jogging trail.
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Since 2005, similar or identical laws have been adopted in at least 20
other states, according to the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence.
More states have laws based on stand your ground but with more limitations
on where it can be applied. Most have followed Floridas lead in removing
the duty of a person to retreat to prevent an altercation.
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The complete article may be read at the URL above.
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Sincerely,
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