Posted on 05/08/2012 4:14:11 PM PDT by rarestia
House Democrats said Tuesday they will offer an amendment to push to overturn stand-your-ground self-defense laws in states like Florida.
The amendment, which would withhold some grants from states that have such laws, will come as part of the House's debate on the Commerce Department spending bill.
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They never stop-————
It’s stoopid! It won’t pass. States need to start telling the fed govt to drop dead!
Shouldn’t these idiots, from another dimension, wait to see if Trayvon was actually unjustly shot?
Otherwise, there is any evidence it shouldn’t remain as is.
is = isn’t
Um, wasn't this kinda the whole point of the law?
All that matters is the color of his skin, not the content of his character, the fact he was casing houses, had burglar tools, stolen jewelry, and came back and attacked the Hispanic guy out of the blue.
Eff ‘em. They are masters at useless gestures. Some pubbie should offer an amendment to reward states with syg laws.
And he shall be Trayvon
And he shall be a hood man
And he shall be Trayvon
In tradition with the family plan
And he shall be Trayvon
And he shall be a hood man
He shall be Trayvon...
Stand your ground law is the only thing keeping Detroit blacks over 50 alive.
That put me over the edge. That representative is essentially saying that no life, even that of a victim, is worth saving.
Democrats are a cult. They are a cult and the followers will all wind up in a ‘lake of fire,’ as it were.
Please don not associate a great man like Levon Helm with this street thug.
Then a baby-faced black kid will be forced to defend himself with deadly force from a white guy with a hair-lip and bad acne, and the police will have no choice but to arrest him. There will be riots demanding his release, and congress will pass a stand-your-ground act. It’s not any sort of legal principles that will determine what laws pass, just what the rioting mobs are upset about lately.
HAHAHAHAHA! I don’t care who ya are, that’s funny right there..
...............All that matters is the color of his skin, not the content of his character, the fact he was casing houses, had burglar tools, stolen jewelry, and came back and attacked the Hispanic guy out of the blue.................
I wonder if Zim had a chance to see the glow offa his golden teeth grills before the punk jumped him??
More evidence (as if any were needed) that the Federal government has become an out of control monster.
Collectivism has effectively used the 14th Amendment to trump the 10th Amendment. Any excuse to increase government regulation, control, and tyranny.
I don’t think Elton was singing about Levon Helm.....but I could be wrong.
Dems hate innocent human life and adore thugs. Let’s all take a moment and thank God for the Tea Party uprising!
But this would make the perfect opportunity to get the states off the federal dole. Want to assert your independence, pass a SYG law and tell the fed to go f@#$ itself.
Good. No more government grants and a huge decrease in commensurate taxation. FL and states must demand such, as did our Founders.
problem is ... the Zimmerman case was pushed to after the election, a smart move by Florida.
the dems are disparate for a race war to accompany their class warfare rhetoric ... so they will do this and paint anyone against it as racist
He was
http://music-mix.ew.com/2012/04/19/elton-john-on-levon-helm-a-part-of-my-life-that-was-magical/
Wel....DUH!
NO REPEAT OFFENDERS, and, of course, the recipients were disproportionately "minority" for some reason?
Federal money shouldn’t be spent supporting states with laws that endanger their own people,” said Reps. Raul Grijalva of Arizona and Keith Ellison of Minnesota, the two Democrats who are offering the legislation. “This is no different than withholding transportation funds from states that don’t enforce seat-belt laws.”
Thanks....didn’t know that.
“I wonder if Zim had a chance to see the glow offa his golden teeth grills before the punk jumped him??”
No, but he picked up out-of-state AM stations quite clearly.
No problemo. We just stop sending them money; we stop feeding the monster. I think that the Texas governor came very close to doing this over another issue. That was real brinksmanship.
Hey, what'd I do to you?
Ahh, knee-jerk legislation. What could possibly go wrong?
Nothing much new here. Typical Communists Manifesto in action.
Not for the Demo-Rats, but a "catstrophe" for ANY Republi-tard who DARED support this.
It will fail big, and I bet a lot of Demonrats vote against it, too.
Will these same bleeding hearts do the same for the couple that were murdered in Tennessee, or the couple recently beaten in Norfolk Va?
Now we see the motive for the Trayvon Martin hoax and the attempted lynching of George Zimmerman—repealing self defense laws and declaring open season on law abiding citizens of all races.
How about, I don’t know...working on a BUDGET! You bunch of asshats!
And the states should tell the FedGov to piss up a rope, they won't send in taxes.
There are cities that should burn if Obama signs this.
OMG, dfwgator: Did you make that up? Hilarious!
LOL
Didn't really pay attention to the Handle, or the tag-line.....
Can states withold collected taxes to the feds?
“Um, wasn’t this kinda the whole point of the law?”
Great observation!
I love it when Democrats do stuff like this as an election approaches. Just be sure and tell all your hunting buddies that the Dems want to penalize states that have Stand Your Ground Laws. A lot of hunters just don’t pay attention to politics, and end up voting Democrat without realizing that they’re always trying to take away their guns. Most of them would support a Stand Your Ground Law, so make sure they know about this bill.
A similar tactic was used to raise the legal drinking age.
“It’s stoopid! It won’t pass. States need to start telling the fed govt to drop dead!”
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You’re right, it won’t come anywhere near to passing. Any Democrat, who is not representing a “bluest of blue” district, who votes for this risks marking himself/herself as a “target of opportunity” for the NRA this fall.
So go ahead, Dems—make our day!
This case has NOTHING to do with SYG.
The libs and media pulled SYG into this because they have an agenda.
The federal government does not have the Constitutional power to override any state law.
Just another kabuki dance to keep black voters on the rat plantation.
Not to worry, that is just one of Bernie Taupin’s hallucinations transcribed and put to Elton John’s music. They both have said in interviews over the years that most of the lyrics are complete drug-induced jibberish.
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