[The Pack Knight]

I remember this. It sparked a bunch of ignorant comments about “stand your ground,” including by the sheriff, but Florida’s “stand your ground” law had nothing to do with this. He was not facing a deadly threat, and had in fact initiated the confrontation that led to the shooting. Whether he had a duty to retreat never entered into it.

[Wilhelm Tell]

The left will use this to try and get rid of “stand your ground” even though it didn’t really have relevance to this situation.

[Ikeon]

"he intiated the confrontation?" Im lost on your reasoning. He was yelling at someone sitting in a car. telling him to shut up or get away from my girlfriend/wife/ child is all that was needed. shoving him to the ground and going in for a swift kick was what got the guy shot.

Bith were agrressors. Ill stand by my statement its a win/win, A loose cannon with a gun and a bully are both off the streets.

it bothers me more the store owner knew thus guy was not fit to carry and the police did nothing about it until he shot someone.. snafu. our hanfs are tied, we can't do anything until he does something.

[arthurus]

“Stand your ground” is absurd, the guy was on his back. How was he going to retreat? I don’t think he used that defense at all. The press tied the thing to Florida’s law trying to discredit the concept.