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dayid Wrote: Apr 26, 2012 9:03 AM
Correct! It's hard to understand how many politicians and others can't comprehend this simple, easy fact.
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M444ss Wrote: Apr 25, 2012 8:11 PM
(I guess I should have read your post before posting essentially the same thing.)
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Critics of Florida's self-defense law object to its recognition of a right to "stand your ground" in public places, which eliminated the duty to retreat from an assailant. Yet many of these critics seem to believe they have a duty to stand their ground and never retreat, using George Zimmerman's shooting of Trayvon Martin as a weapon to attack Florida's law, no matter what the evidence shows.
The emphasis on the right to stand your ground is puzzling in the context of the Martin case, since Zimmerman's defense does not seem to rely on it. The 28-year-old neighborhood watch volunteer, who was...
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