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Sheila Jackson-Lee Pushes Bill To Punish “Stand Your Ground” States, Reward “Duty To Retreat” States
Gateway Pundit ^ | July 25, 2013 | Mara Zebest

Posted on 07/25/2013 3:03:15 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-olt) filing a bill to legislate mandatory cowardness by cutting federal funding to any state supporting a “Stand Your Ground” law and to increase or maintain funding to states that implement a “runaway and show weakness” law—or as Sheila Jackson Lee calls it—”Duty to Retreat” law.

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Lee also wants to regulate any individuals who dare to take on the individual responsibility of participating in a neighborhood watch program. Guess the Black Panthers would become the guards in Sheila Jackson Lee’s vision of America.

Here’s an inconvenient truth for Liberals like Sheila Jackson Lee—blacks benefit the most (more than whites at a disproportionate rate) from the “Stand Your Ground” laws.

The Hill reports the following:

Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas) said Wednesday that she would soon introduce legislation that would cut federal funding to any state that doesn’t require neighborhood watch programs to register with police.

Jackson Lee said her Justice Exists for All Act is a response to the trial of George Zimmerman, who was found not guilty of murder and manslaughter charges after shooting 17-year-old Trayvon Martin. Zimmerman was the neighborhood watch coordinator in the Florida neighborhood where the shooting took place.

“We will … decrease the incidence of gun violence resulting from vigilantes by reducing by 20 percent the funds that would otherwise be allocated … to any state that does not require local neighborhood watch programs to be registered with a local [law] enforcement agency,” Jackson Lee said on the House floor.

She said her bill would also use the threat of less federal money to entice states to change their “stand your ground” laws. Jackson Lee said her bill would only allow states to avoid a cut if their laws are amended to include a “duty to retreat.”

“For states that do not require a duty to retreat, we will question their federal funding and assess their Justice Department funding and reduce it by 20 percent,” she said. She was not specific about what the change might mean for state laws.

Florida has a “stand your ground” law, which allows people to use deadly force against others when they think their lives are in danger in certain cases.

In his trial, Zimmerman did not rely on Florida’s “stand your ground” law, and instead used a traditional self-defense argument. Leaning on “stand your ground” could have allowed the court to decide early on in the case that Zimmerman’s actions were protected, which would have ended the prosecution’s option of pursuing criminal or civil charges.

Jackson Lee said her bill would also require the U.S. attorney general to study state-level “stand your ground” laws.

“Let’s speak to the pain of the American people,” she said. “Let’s look at ways of fixing the law.”


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Extended News; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: alinskytactics; banglist; blackcrime; blacks; congress; corruption; democrats; dutytoretreat; guncontrol; guns; sheilajacksonlee; standyourground; syg; trayvon; waronliberty; wewillnotcomply; youwillnotdisarmus; zimmerman
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How can someone who probably has a lower IQ than Rachel Jeantel be a member of congress?
1 posted on 07/25/2013 3:03:15 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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Good idea. Punish all 30+ states with SYG laws. LOL


2 posted on 07/25/2013 3:04:20 PM PDT by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Gee I wonder if SJL has seen the vid of a black woman, probably in her own district kill a man who was trying to assault her
Thank God for SYG


3 posted on 07/25/2013 3:04:42 PM PDT by RWGinger
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

She’s the missing link: ape/hominoid/Congress critter


4 posted on 07/25/2013 3:06:01 PM PDT by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: All armed conservatives.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Remember Cynthia McKinney? She was replaced by Hank Johnson, the guy who feared Guam might capsize.

Then there is Sen. Patrica Bin Murray. Pretty tough competition out there for "dumbest member of congress."

I think Sheila Jackson-Lee actually believes that America should be made safer for thugs.

5 posted on 07/25/2013 3:07:17 PM PDT by Vigilanteman (Obama: Fake black man. Fake Messiah. Fake American. How many fakes can you fit in one Zer0?)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

SJL is the result of Gerrymandering of districts. Political affirmative action.


6 posted on 07/25/2013 3:07:32 PM PDT by Old Yeller (Goodbye America. Glad the majority of my years were spent during the good days.)
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will Revrant Omama support DUTY TO RETREAT??




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7 posted on 07/25/2013 3:09:33 PM PDT by MeshugeMikey (Macabre Crumpet of Caucasian Ethnicity)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Is there a “Recall Sheila Jackson Lee” campaign I can contribute to? Or is she from a district of like minded morons?


8 posted on 07/25/2013 3:10:08 PM PDT by Ben Mugged (The number one enemy of liberalism is reality.)
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What a wonderful way to overturn the will of millions of voters and the laws of the states in which they live: use federal government financial coercion and blackmail!

This initiative and SJL are disgusting in the extreme!

You leftist Democrats that voted for this schyster should be more than ashamed to show your faces in public!

HF

9 posted on 07/25/2013 3:10:15 PM PDT by holden (Alter or abolish it yet?)
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Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-olt)

Dolt, LOL

Democrat Of Liberal Textards


10 posted on 07/25/2013 3:10:47 PM PDT by GraceG
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Says a lot about her voter base, doesn’t it.


11 posted on 07/25/2013 3:11:40 PM PDT by jazusamo ("I am so old that I can remember when most of the people promoting race hate were white." T. Sowell)
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12 posted on 07/25/2013 3:14:07 PM PDT by Doogle (USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
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Look at her district in Houston, she is part of the problem and offers no solution. Typical liberal only worried about the intentions not solving any problems.


13 posted on 07/25/2013 3:14:33 PM PDT by Warrior Nurse (Soldier, family, conservative and proud because that is what America needs in order to thrive)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

A perfect example of the moral code of self immolation. The victim has a duty to retreat means the perp has a right to advance. We need a new moral code that says when someone initiates force then any and all means of self defense are justified. In other words a code that upholds the rights of the victim.


14 posted on 07/25/2013 3:14:33 PM PDT by albionin
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Sure SJL...soon as congress critters do not have stand your ground protection.


15 posted on 07/25/2013 3:16:14 PM PDT by goodnesswins (R.I.P. Doherty, Smith, Stevens, Woods.)
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So she wants to promote “2013 DNC Rape on Demand Act”.. where if you’re getting raped, sit back relax and enjoy it until you can call the police safely.


16 posted on 07/25/2013 3:16:26 PM PDT by newnhdad (Our new motto: USA, it was fun while it lasted.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Get this through your dumb thick head SISTA’, people have the GOD GIVING RIGHT to defend their life against a violent attack. You don’t like it? TOO BAD. Stop all those feral urban males from thinking it’s fine to rape, kill, and beat people for no reason.


17 posted on 07/25/2013 3:17:14 PM PDT by snarkytart
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I’m sure GZ would have retreated if given the opportunity.


18 posted on 07/25/2013 3:21:59 PM PDT by Gumption
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She ought to punish whoever f***-ed up her hair.


19 posted on 07/25/2013 3:24:39 PM PDT by Dr. Thorne ("How long, O Lord, holy and true?" - Rev. 6:10)
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Understandable. Bullies hate it when someone stands up to them, and she’s that to the bone.


20 posted on 07/25/2013 3:27:14 PM PDT by tacticalogic ("Oh, bother!" said Pooh, as he chambered his last round.)
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