Should the 'stand your ground' laws in America be repealed?

Obviously the shoot first think second laws bring out the vigilantes.

Absolutely...I have no problem with the concept of standing your ground...but when vigilantes and others use it to justify murder, its a problem...It needs to be re written with a clearer definition on WHEN it can be used...Anyone can use it as it stands...NRA and ALEC need not write the law like before ....Citizens need to get more involved....

Why do we need laws to defend ourselves? States without the stand your ground laws already let citizens defend themselves.

I don't think we need it...It was supposed to be used in actual cases of self defense, like when theres spousal abuse, carjacking and so forth...But it isn't necessary, NRA and other orgs that support increase in gun laws wrote it.....to benefit in increase gun sales....

Most of those are conservatives who support these laws are the first to complain about big gov! But now they want to make up BS rape laws.

Now thats something they need to work on repealing...But there are so many people afraid of their own shadows, and NRA backing it....The GOP would NEVER consider that....Stand your ground, but repeal womens health needs....

Have fun in China, since that's where you seem to want to go.

Not just no, but Hell No! Why would we want to repeal laws that allow us to protect ourselves and our family? The law should actually be extended to ALL states, not just a few.

But that is now on the Agenda. And if Obama ges re-elected the next thing on the chopping block will be the right to bear arms.

It should be expanded to ALL 50 states. Plus Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoas, etc.

Absolutely not! What kind of nonsense is this premise??

No, if I am somewhere I have the legal right to be and am faced with an unprovoked, life-threatening confrontation, I have the right to defend myself. Period.

Perhaps tightened, but not repealed

The law has nothing to do with anything. You've always been able to defend yourself, this law just made that fact clearer. If the race-baiting idiots would stop stirring the pot we could look at each case objectively.

The 'stand your ground' law is in Florida so it is a State law not a US Law. I am in Texas and we call it the "Castle Law". I have not read the Florida law but I am for keeping our "Castle Law" so I will support Florida's 'stand your ground' law. Should the wording in these laws need some tweaking? Maybe.

What I would like to see is the Liberal Press start to do fair and correct reporting. They have really blown it on this Florida story!

it's just a red herring to take everyone's eyes off of the REAL issues, like the economy and jobs... not to mention it opens the door for bammy to try to get gun control going... people are shot and killed every day...... not that this Trevon case isn't a terrible thing, but there have been far WORSE cases that never see the light of day... it's all political bullshit

Yep

We all have the right to be able to defend ourselves when attacked, and when death or srerious bodly injury is only seconds away, law enforcment is only minutes away.

I do not care if my state does not have a "stand your ground" law... If I need to shoot someone to defend my family and property I will...

What happened you didn't like the answers last time you posted this question. If anything people need to be educated about them and not feed bullshit by the media. I live in PA and it passed a Castle Doctrine law. IT gives me the right to defend myself and my loved ones without having to retreat from a criminal out to do harm. It is a self defense law plain and simple. If you choose not to exercise your right to self dense that is up to you but do not try to take mine away.

Stop trying to use the tragic death of a young man that no one yet knows the full story of to push your agenda. If Zimmerman was wrong and guilty then he should pay if not well then you figure it out.

You know I never realized that Mopeder was trashing & posting the same question anew.

But the response remains the same, why should I have as my only option to run away from the bad guy?

You shouldn't but some people prefer that you live in fearand some people like living in fear.

Doesn't give them the right to demand that the rest of us live in their fear!

Wow, you're really pushing the party line of late, Mo.

That is all he has.
Some call that Kool Aid, some brainwash.

Mo has fallen for the "democratic" party line, while other's fall for the "republican" party line. Neither stop to consider just how much damage they, in a bipartisan manner, have done to this country, and men, women and children around the world.

Where Mo has fallen is clear from a simple viewing of the questions he posts.

The law makes perfect sense to me. Matter of fact, why do we even need a law that allows us to exercise our right to defend ourselves? On the rare occasion where it might be misused, all the rest of the people should not have their rights restricted or taken away.

NUFF SAID!

the wages of sin is death.

have you ever wondered how stupid it is to be the one pulling the triger of a gun to kill another person and take away their life for what a problem you could resolve yourself if you only made and effort instead of taking the fools way and stealing someeone elses life that is not your own to take.

who is a human that has the right to take the life of another human?

"who is a human that has the right to take the life of another human?"

Those that are at risk, or fear of losing their own. And those that are protecting the lives of others.

IDK, someone that is trying to take yours away?

I can't help but wonder why anyone would have a need to kill you in the first place, it is not like you have threaten to steal their life. so does it make sense that someone else has the right to end your life or you theirs?

Really? Gee, we just had a black 17 year old kill two British students because he wanted to rob them but they had no cash. Does that make sense? Absolutely not but there is evil in the world and people wanting to kill you aren't always rational. If you don't understand that I have no idea where you must live.

oh I know where you are coming from trust me I fully understand, now how about if the bleeding hearts call the law actaully murdered the murders and made huge public display of this and I am not talking electric chair or gas like they use to once but back to the old way where they were hung by the neck until dead.

I wonder how many of them would think about killing another man after they seen a few of there other mates hanging from a rope with shit running down their legs and their tongues hangin out of their mouth stuff like that can certainly change a persons mind especial when their are TV adds say in the background we got him and your next.

while I do stand by what I said killing is wrong and it has become a cultural way of life now days thanks to TV and radio making it out to be a bagde of honour when it should be shown as a badge of shame and make people feel like scum to wear it.

I think the only way forward to stop this blood lust of these people is the hang mans rope and public floggins before the hanging just to make it the most horriblest moment of a persons end of life and the degrace that the family will know publicly afterwards could also help to wake up these types of filth.

I am sorry but life is a gift and people have the right to life murders forgo that right once they kill their first and hopefully only person.

It's a stupid law that gets people killed that are doing nothing.

Interesting that, in this reprise, the same defenders have the same responses posted.

Were the deceased doing nothing the actor would have been arrested!

If you would only take the time to actually read the law you would understand that under it a person is only allowed to use deadly force when they are in danger of being killed or seriously injured, and if law enforcment can detrermine that the person was not in danger, they can and will arrest the shooter, so the idea that people can be killed for doing nothing is not correct.