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Is the "Stand Your Ground Law" a Good Law or a Bad Law?

Manuel 2012/03/27 17:49:19
It is a good law and here's why.
It is a bad law and here's why.
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  • I wrote this post to show what I think is the pros and cons of this law...I point out things that went on in this Martin and Zimmerman case and made conclusions basis on everything so far that has been revealed...So read it and leave your answers...on what it's a good or bad law..
  • No
    matter what the right-wing legal gun owners conservatives try to swing it
    and skew the facts...Zimmerman got out of his car and approached Trayvon
    Martin after authorities told him not to, boom ! That should have closed the case right there and booked Zimmerman for murder...



    Zimmerman had no right to do that. That along makes him the aggressor.....and Zimmerman's story keeps
    changing...



    and I bet that the original police report is
    completely different and now altered to fit Zimmerman's new testimony being his father is some kind of Judge.



    This nonsense happen to me in my early 20's... in court the police claims
    on me were lies...Thank God I had a copy of the original report and showed it to
    the Judge - and I doubt if the police gave a copy of original police
    report to this teen's family that night -....in my case because I had that
    original report which was totally different from their report... she dismissed the case...and slammed the cops with
    fines...


  • you guys who defend Zimmerman got to be kidding... The stand your ground
    law makes it easy under the right conditions for anyone to kill anybody
    and claim self defense....if this law wasn't around...Zimmerman would
    have never got of of his car...period!...
  • We can thank J. Bush for giving
    evil Floridians a license to kill...this law makes open season on
    anybody...it's a dangerous and ridiculous LAW!...Because it now appears in Florida you can kill anyone under the right conditions and circumstances and claim self defense... This is what Zimmerman mostly likely took a vantage of...
  • So?...is it time for Florida to get rid of this law?...



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  • Q 2012/03/27 18:35:45 (edited)
    It is a bad law and here's why.
    Q
    +6
    It being used as a defense by Zimmerman makes me have my doubts about it. We had an incident locally where a drunk young man was shot through the door after knocking loudly on his neighbors door at three am by mistake, the shooter used the new Castle law as a defense and was never charged.

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  • CHUCK lstl5 2012/04/06 23:58:50
    CHUCK
    WE WILL SEE..
  • lstl5 CHUCK 2012/04/07 00:18:18
    lstl5
    I know yu think this is only about race, but I, for one, do not care about the races, I would say the same thing if they were both white. Wrong is wrong.
  • CHUCK lstl5 2012/04/07 00:41:50
    CHUCK
    I DON T THINK IT IS ABOUT RACE,BUT THAT IS WHAT IT HAS BECOME..
    I SUPPORT STAND YOUR GROUND LAWS ..IF WE HAD IT IN CALIFORNIA,,PERHAPS THERE WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN 7 DEAD PEOPLE IN OAKLAND CA.

    WHEN ALL IS SAID AND DONE WE WILL SEE IF ZIM WAS RIGHT OR WRONG..
    CERTAINLY TRAYVON WAS NO ALTER BOY..
  • lstl5 CHUCK 2012/04/07 11:13:46
    lstl5
    And what does that have to do with anything. Zimmerman had a record for assault. Trayvon was a typical teenager, and that picture of him looking like a thug was not even him. You are 26 but evidently you cant remember how young kids act. They act like a bunch of wannabe thugs because of the rappers, the clothes, and other influences. He was never in trouble for assaulting anyone. I have never heard of anyone who smokes alittle dope being violent, in fact, they are just the opposite. I agree. We need to wait for all the evidence.
  • CHUCK lstl5 2012/04/07 22:51:38
    CHUCK
    IT WILL COME OUT..

    SOME ITEMS SENT TO ME BY FELLOW SHS..
    AND NONE OF THAT WAS EDITED???

    http://tv.yahoo.com/news/nbc-...

    NOTHING IN MARTIN S BACKGROUND..

    http://www.standard.net/stori...


    Martin/Zimmerman Police report

    http://www.scribd.com/doc/869...

    Interesting link

    http://crayfisher.wordpress.c...

    News release - day after incident 2/27/12

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?...

    Zimmerman's full 4:07 call & witness 911 calls. Tainted by added graphics

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?...
  • lstl5 CHUCK 2012/04/08 11:50:39
    lstl5
    +1
    You refuse to look at the facts. I am done with this conversation. Let the courts decide.
  • CHUCK lstl5 2012/04/09 00:43:24
    CHUCK
    THATS BEEN MY POSITION ALL ALONG ..WE NEED THE FACTS..
  • sjalan 2012/03/27 17:51:28
    It is a bad law and here's why.
    sjalan
    +5
    It implies confrontation

    And we have all seen what confrontation ends up like.
  • CHUCK sjalan 2012/03/28 18:59:02 (edited)
  • sjalan CHUCK 2012/03/28 20:03:05
    sjalan
    And your point is? You have TWO DEAD TEENS.
  • CHUCK sjalan 2012/03/29 01:03:06
    CHUCK
    THEY WERE NOT ANGELS..LET THE LAW DECIDE..
  • sjalan CHUCK 2012/03/29 02:56:01
    sjalan
    The "LAW" effectively walked away from the death of two teens, with very little inital investigation and based all their actions on the surviving shooter.
  • CHUCK sjalan 2012/04/06 04:10:01
    CHUCK
    THAT S THE LAW..DO YOUADVOCATE AN OVERTHROW OF OUR LAW..
  • sjalan CHUCK 2012/04/06 17:57:14
    sjalan
    'The "LAW" ' to which I refered was the Police Department which is sworn to serve and protect citizens. They walked away from their duties to these two young men and showed their corrupt, biased and bigoted POV against black and black youth.

    Very soon we will find out really just what happened as the tapes and the various pieces of evidence is compiled and Zimmerman WILL go to jail.
  • CHUCK sjalan 2012/04/06 18:26:22
    CHUCK
    THERE YOU GO RUSHING TO JUDGEMENT AGAIN..
    THEY DID THAT IN THE OJ CASE,

    """They walked away from their duties to these two young men and showed their corrupt, biased and bigoted POV against black and black youth. """SEEMS TO ME IF YOU HAVE THE FACTS TO BACK THIS,YOU NEED TO TURN THE EVIDENCE OVER TO THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE ,NOT JUST TO FELLOW SODA HEADS..
  • POWERSHAKER 2012/03/27 17:50:43
    It is a good law and here's why.
    POWERSHAKER
    +1
    It empowers citizens to fight crime and help law enforcement.
  • Cat 1017 POWERSH... 2012/03/27 18:28:04
    Cat 1017
    +3
    and to escalate matters to possibly end in death.....with NO just cause...
  • CHUCK Cat 1017 2012/03/28 18:59:21
  • t.eliot... POWERSH... 2012/03/27 18:33:08
    t.eliot, topbard
    +4
    ...and kill innocent people.
  • CHUCK t.eliot... 2012/03/28 18:59:33
  • Builder CHUCK 2012/04/01 20:48:30
    Builder
    We read it the first time you don't have to keep posting it. It won't and hasn't made anyone change their mind!
  • CHUCK Builder 2012/04/06 04:11:42
    CHUCK
    THAT S THE PROBLEM ,YOU SEEM TO HAVE ALL THE FACTS ,,WHY NOT GIVE THEM TO THE AUTHORITIES TO HELP THEM DECIDE..
  • POWERSH... t.eliot... 2012/03/28 19:08:46
    POWERSHAKER
    +1
    How do we know Trayvon Martin was innocent? We don't.
  • t.eliot... POWERSH... 2012/03/28 19:41:19
    t.eliot, topbard
    Beside the point.
  • Builder POWERSH... 2012/04/01 20:50:42
    Builder
    We know that Zimmerman followed the kid after he was told to stand down. No one has disputed that!
  • POWERSH... Builder 2012/04/03 09:33:20
    POWERSHAKER
    +1
    Whatever. Zimmerman is my hero.
  • CHUCK Builder 2012/04/06 04:12:08
    CHUCK
    PROVE THAT ..
  • CHUCK POWERSH... 2012/04/06 04:12:50
  • CHUCK POWERSH... 2012/03/28 18:59:22

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