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Stunning Report: "Stand Your Ground" Laws Responsible for 500-700 Homicides Per year
WOAI Radio ^
| 06/11/2012
| Jim Forsyth
Posted on 06/12/2012 5:28:59 AM PDT by Afisra
Research conducted at Texas A&M University concludes that far from reducing crime rates, so called 'Stand your Ground' laws are actually responsible for a drastic increase in the number of homicides nationwide each year.
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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: banglist; castledoctrine; propaganda; rkba; standyourground
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To: Falcon4.0
Yes, I believe the term they are deliberately ignoring is "Justifiable Homicide".The article missed it, not the report.
See reply 33 and 56 (snippet of pg 2 of the report)
61
posted on
06/12/2012 6:35:02 AM PDT
by
philman_36
(Pride breakfasted with plenty, dined with poverty, and supped with infamy. Benjamin Franklin)
To: Afisra
But murder rates in the U.S. are decreasing. Perhaps the stunning increase is in the number of murderers thinking they have a new "get out of jail free" card.
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posted on
06/12/2012 6:35:23 AM PDT
by
Jack of all Trades
(Hold your face to the light, even though for the moment you do not see.)
To: yldstrk; Venturer
This is typical of Leftying lying by misuse of language. Do not think that it is not intentional.
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posted on
06/12/2012 6:36:19 AM PDT
by
FreedomPoster
(Islam delenda est)
To: Afisra
“... showed a sharp increase in justifiable homicide in the years immediately after they approved Stand Your Ground laws.”
...ah...the learning curve the perps go thru before realizing THEY have now (justifiably) become the target.
64
posted on
06/12/2012 6:40:59 AM PDT
by
moovova
(Michelle Obama is a community snacktivist.)
To: yldstrk; Venturer
They must have caught some crap for their headline; it now reads “Homicides”, not “Murders”.
65
posted on
06/12/2012 6:41:16 AM PDT
by
FreedomPoster
(Islam delenda est)
To: Joe Brower
66
posted on
06/12/2012 6:41:27 AM PDT
by
MileHi
( "It's coming down to patriots vs the politicians." - ovrtaxt)
To: SWAMPSNIPER
LOL! You said what I was going to say, and you said it better than I would have!
Nicely done.
67
posted on
06/12/2012 6:44:15 AM PDT
by
FreedomPoster
(Islam delenda est)
To: Afisra
That’s a feature, not a bug. The people getting killed, NEED to get killed.
68
posted on
06/12/2012 6:49:17 AM PDT
by
DiogenesLamp
(Partus Sequitur Patrem)
To: Afisra
In the New America, research and university should never be used in the same sentence. It’s politics. Nothing but politics.
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posted on
06/12/2012 6:52:34 AM PDT
by
FlingWingFlyer
(Free Stuff or Freedom! You Decide 2012.)
To: Afisra
Law responsible for 500-700 peoples lives saved and 500-700 murderers dead.
70
posted on
06/12/2012 6:54:41 AM PDT
by
TribalPrincess2U
(Criminaliens or Crimigrants...0bamao's people?)
To: Afisra
500 to 700 dead criminals per year.
So, “Stand Your Ground” works!
That’s 500 to 700 less repeat offenders per year.
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posted on
06/12/2012 6:58:44 AM PDT
by
BuffaloJack
(End the racist, anti-capitalist Obama War On Freedom.)
To: Afisra
I would say SYG laws PREVENT up to 700 murders per year. So bully for them.
To: MrB
Yeah I had an Uncle and a Cousin that were substance abusers. I agree with your assement.
73
posted on
06/12/2012 7:02:16 AM PDT
by
Dead Corpse
(Steampunk- Yesterday's Tomorrow, Today)
To: Afisra
Liberal propaganda is sooooo easy to spot. They think they are being clever, yet, their thoughts are that of small children.
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posted on
06/12/2012 7:02:16 AM PDT
by
CodeToad
(Homosexuals are homophobes. They insist on being called 'gay' instead.)
To: Afisra
The researchers also say that strengthening concealed carry and Castle Doctrine laws also have no 'meaningful deterrence' against crimes like burglary and robbery, something they conceded surprised them.They must have zombie criminals where these researchers are. Around here, when a potential victim kills the perp, it provides very "meaninful deterrence" to all the subsequent crimes the perp would have committed.
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posted on
06/12/2012 7:02:29 AM PDT
by
tacticalogic
("Oh, bother!" said Pooh, as he chambered his last round.)
To: PapaBear3625
“...they must first take affirmative steps to defuse the situation”
IMHO, a perp contracting a sudden case of terminal high-velocity lead poisoning will most affirmatively “defuse” the situation.
I approve.
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posted on
06/12/2012 7:03:58 AM PDT
by
Ignatz
(Winner of a prestigious 1960 Y-chromosome award!)
To: Afisra
The "Report" was done by Mark Hoekstra & Cheng Cheng. Both are from the Department of Economics.
When did the Economics Department become part of The Law School?
Did they receive a healthy grant from The Brady Foundation, The Joyce Foundation or other Anti-Gun groups to come up with this slanted report?
I have to wonder what the Money Trail looks looks like for this "report".
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posted on
06/12/2012 7:07:07 AM PDT
by
TYVets
(Pure-Gas.org ..... ethanol free gasoline by state and city)
To: MrB
Murder has a specific definition, it means the intentional killing of an innocent person.
The left would LOVE for it to be illegal to defend yourself. They always have. Democrats passed Jim Crow laws explicitly to prevent blacks from defending themselves from lynch mobs.
(Also, there is no shortage of nations that passed gun control laws just a few years before mass killings began.)
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posted on
06/12/2012 7:16:29 AM PDT
by
Teacher317
('Tis time to fear when tyrants seem to kiss.)
To: Jack of all Trades
Looking at the graph murder rates have FALLEN since 1980.
Could there be a tie in with the number of states that have passed Concealed Carry between 1980 and 2012?
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posted on
06/12/2012 7:17:46 AM PDT
by
TYVets
(Pure-Gas.org ..... ethanol free gasoline by state and city)
To: grb
Another poster suggested that FR add a “like” button. I am all for that because I “LIKE” your post.
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posted on
06/12/2012 7:17:46 AM PDT
by
heylady
(“Sometimes I wish I could be a Democrat and then I remember I have a soul.”( Deb))
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