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'Stand your ground' protest: Michigan activists look to repeal law through possible ballot proposal
Mlive ^ | 3-11-2014 | Jonathan Oosting

Posted on 03/11/2014 3:26:58 PM PDT by Darren McCarty

LANSING, MI -- A group of two dozen activists rallied at the state Capitol on Tuesday, promising to launch a ballot campaign to repeal Michigan's "stand your ground" law if lawmakers fail to update it.

The Rev. Charles Williams II, Detroit head of the National Action Network, said that the group supports 2nd amendment and self-defense rights but believes Michigan's law goes too far and does not encourage residents to "choose peace" when the option is available.

"We're going to go to every community across the state of Michigan and we're going to get 'stand your ground' repealed right here in Michigan," said Williams. "Michigan will be the first state that will get rid of this ugly law that allows people to go around shooting each other. This is not the wild wild west."

The Michigan Self-Defense Act, approved with bipartisan support in 2006, provides legal protection to people who use deadly force when they "honestly and reasonably" believe they or another person are being threatened with death, severe injury or rape. There's no legal duty to retreat in those circumstances -- at home or out in public.

Tuesday's rally came on the heals of a similar but larger event in Florida, where the parents of Trayvon Martin joined a protest against that state's "stand your ground" law. Neighborhood watch member George Zimmerman shot the unarmed teen during an altercation in 2012 but was acquitted at trial.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Michigan
KEYWORDS: alsharpton; banglist; guns; standyourground
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You and Al Sharpton are going to fail. I guarandamntee it.
1 posted on 03/11/2014 3:26:58 PM PDT by Darren McCarty
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To: cripplecreek

Ping


2 posted on 03/11/2014 3:27:14 PM PDT by Darren McCarty (Abortion - legalized murder for convenience)
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To: Darren McCarty

Two dozen activists? Please!


3 posted on 03/11/2014 3:28:36 PM PDT by fwdude ( You cannot compromise with that which you must defeat.)
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To: Darren McCarty

I’m sure if they are successful minorities will suffer the most.


4 posted on 03/11/2014 3:30:03 PM PDT by RginTN
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To: Springman; cyclotic; netmilsmom; RatsDawg; PGalt; FreedomHammer; queenkathy; madison10; ...
This won't fly in Detroit. The people have "Gone Bronson" and aren't about to give of their rights to self defense.

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5 posted on 03/11/2014 3:32:18 PM PDT by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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choose peace” when the option is available.

And if it isn’t? guess you die in peace then.


6 posted on 03/11/2014 3:36:10 PM PDT by bikerman (Obama! if his lips are moving he's lying.)
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To: Darren McCarty

“Michigan’s law goes too far and does not encourage residents to...”
Laws never “encourage” anything they mandate it at the point of a gun.
Government is not reason; it is not eloquence; it is force! Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master. ~ George Washington


7 posted on 03/11/2014 3:36:24 PM PDT by thorvaldr
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George Zimmerman shot the unarmed teen.

Ah no, he shot a thug who was using his two arms to beat George Zimmermans head onto the sidewalk. He will no longer do that now to anyone else. Isn’t stand your ground great?


8 posted on 03/11/2014 3:40:38 PM PDT by bikerman
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Let him try. He is just another idiot who thinks that people should not have the right to defend themselves against feral blacks.


9 posted on 03/11/2014 3:40:47 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (Haven't you lost enough freedoms? Support an end to the WOD now.)
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“This is not the wild wild west.”

No, places most resembling the wild west are all black and Hispanic neighborhoods in DemocRat run cities. Some places are so bad, the police hesitate in going there.


10 posted on 03/11/2014 3:43:23 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (Haven't you lost enough freedoms? Support an end to the WOD now.)
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Detroit Police Chief Warns Criminals: People Will Protect Themselves

Detroit homeowner shoots, kills 1 of two intruders

Intended crime victims shoot, kill attackers in Detroit

3 different Detroit homeowners used guns to defend themselves against intruders this week

Detroit police chief: Armed citizens can make city safer

Surveillance camera captures the moment mother opens fire on home invaders with rifle

It seems that the good reverend is a little late on the draw.
11 posted on 03/11/2014 3:44:37 PM PDT by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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Such well meaning people have not thought things through. In their world, a person walking down the street and who was approached by a person holding a knife would only have to hope he could run faster to escape the threat to his life. What about elderly women? Are they expected to outrun a rapist wearing the latest Nikes?

More liberal #WARONWOMEN and #WARONELDERLY and #WARONDISABLED.


12 posted on 03/11/2014 3:49:19 PM PDT by theBuckwheat
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They won't be, Detroit residents have already gotten a taste of self defense and they like it.

Detroit Police Chief James Craig wants criminals to know that they shouldn’t just be afraid of police anymore—they also need to worry about homeowners who are ready to use a firearm to protect themselves.

“A lot of Detroiters are fed up,” he said in a recent interview with WDIV-TV. “They’re tired and they’ve been dealing with this epidemic of violence. They’re afraid and they have a right to protect themselves.”

After all, when seconds count, police are only minutes away, right?

“If you are confronted with an immediate threat to your safety, you’re not going to have time to dial 911,” Craig said. “It becomes an issue of, the threat is here, I have to respond to the threat.”

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13 posted on 03/11/2014 3:51:47 PM PDT by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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These people are idiots. I “chose peace” and there was peace - until some thug came and threatened me.


14 posted on 03/11/2014 3:53:19 PM PDT by Ray76 (How modern liberals think: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaE98w1KZ-c)
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The saddest thing about this.

Its a direct result of the surge of defensive shootings in Detroit. Apparently the reverend would rather give Eulogies at victim funerals that see poor downtrodden thugs killed as a result of their own actions.


15 posted on 03/11/2014 3:55:08 PM PDT by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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Michigan is filled with law-abiding citizens.

...I suppose in the mind of these dangerous jokers...

Why, just look at Detroit. If only they could ban guns there, the price of houses would skyrocket to a dollar and a quarter!

16 posted on 03/11/2014 3:58:22 PM PDT by PATRIOT1876
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To: Darren McCarty

“Choose a piece”


17 posted on 03/11/2014 4:00:11 PM PDT by PATRIOT1876
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To: Blood of Tyrants

“Some places are so bad, the police hesitate in going there.”

Hesitate, hell. During the 1992 LA riots, the LAPD battlecry was this: Hop in your squads, coppers, and drive home.

Liberal big city cops consider their pensions of much greater importance than public safety.


18 posted on 03/11/2014 4:00:59 PM PDT by sergeantdave
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The Rev. Charles Williams II, Detroit head of the National Action Network, said that the group supports 2nd amendment and self-defense rights

Sure, sure...then when SYG is repealed, these same clowns will go after gun ownership. Oh, they'll still support the "right to hunt."

19 posted on 03/11/2014 4:18:58 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist (15 years of FReeping! Congratulations EEE!!)
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To: fwdude

Two dozen activists, esp. from Sharpton’s phonebooth operation the National Action Network.

That works out to 35 difference degrees of mental illness plus con-artist criminal charges.

Can’t wait to see 4 dozens leftist wackos hold a rally. It will be declared “National Mental Illness Day”.


20 posted on 03/11/2014 4:30:53 PM PDT by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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