[metmom]

This so-called "stand your ground law" was controversial at the time but has stood the test of time.

The only time a topic is *controversial* is when the left opposes it.

Then they label it as such, even when it's not.

We need to stop accepting that label for hot button , common sense laws that everyone is behind except for the leftists who want to destroy our country.

People have the right to defend themselves and their property and do NOT have a *duty to retreat* in order to protect the criminal.

If anyone has a duty to retreat, it's the criminal who is breaking the law.

[Rockingham]

Florida's news media constantly referred to Florida's “stand your ground” law as controversial, in part because the state chairman of the NRA affiliate was the principal advocate. For about ten years, the news media publicized every case in which the outcome could be portrayed as questionable, usually by avoiding contrary facts and emphasizing race. Eventually, the criticism declined after a comprehensive review of all the known cases showed that in several instances, blacks used the law to protect themselves against threats from racist whites.