1. The concealed carry law worked when it was needed.
2. Self-defense law of the state of Florida worked as intended when it was needed.
Stand Your Ground did not come into play in the Zimmerman trial. Zimmerman’s plea of innocence was pure self defense.
I will STAND MY GROUND where I live—not only in my own self-defense, but in defense of my animals. Rustling didn’t end with Marshall Dillon.
Stand your ground laws only become applicable when you have a reasonable means of escape.
The is not the case when someone is sitting on you, pinning you to the ground, punching you in the face, smashing your head on the concrete...
Perfect example of the advisability of keeping your mouth shut to hide your ignorance.
What does the Stand Your Ground Law have to do with the Zimmerman case? Nothing.
Stand your ground was not in play here. And had Zimmerman not been armed, it well could have been him on the slab at the coroner's.
And that is the entire point of concealed carry. It puts the thugs on the slab instead of their targets.
He wasn’t “standing his ground” - he was fighting for his life!
Nothing scares the ADL any more than a white gun owner...
“However, this case raises serious questions about the wisdom of stand-your-ground laws ...”
Stand your Ground had nothing to do with this case..
That's true.
A different and far worse tragedy would have occurred: the brutal beating death of George Zimmerman by what would have been termed "an unknown assailant wearing a hooded sweatshirt", and would have never gone any further then the Sanford local news.
Stand-your-ground laws rightfully provide that criminals may not drive citizens from where they have a right to be by nullifying their right to self defense. Without such laws,criminals can force citizens to cower inside their homes with whatever weapons they are allowed to keep there.
I’m so old I remember when the ADL was concerned with Jewish issues and was not a complete tool of the Democrat Machine.
(It’s never been great. The JDL is better.)
1. The concealed carry law worked when it was needed.
2. Self-defense law of the state of Florida worked as intended when it was needed.
Such as?
Black (African Americans) refuse to see that race was not an issue in thise case. Stan Your Ground law was not an issue. This case was about a man defending himself against a vicious assualt by an out-of-control teenager.
Perhaps this is too simple for these simpletons . . . . . . . ??
The liberals are so transparent, it has become obvious, that they planned all along to make this about “Stand Your Ground”, despite the fact that the last had nothing to do with it.
wisdom of stand-your-ground laws and the easy access to concealed weapons ...”
I guess they want us all to “lay down and take it”.....(sarc)
So, on one hand this is justified self-defense, but on the other they want to take away the ability to affect that self defense?? Morons.