He just can’t help himself. He sees an opportunity to stab decent hardworking Americans in the back and he instinctively plunges the knife.
I’m in FL, and I think our SYG law needs changes.
Specifically, I’d like to see every killing subjected to a judicial enquiry to determine the facts of the death. Something similar to the old common law coroner’s inquest.
The death could be ruled justified or not justified. If justified, SYG would go into effect and future prosecutions or civil cases would be barred, unless of course significant new evidence is discovered.
If not justified, prosecutors would make the same decision as now as to whether there is sufficient evidence to take the case to trial.
The problem presently is that prosecutors make the “justified or not” decision, leaving the public perception undetermined between “justified” or “not enough evidence to prosecute.” It also leaves possible future prosecution hanging over the shooter if political pressures or other reasons lead some future prosecutor to reopen the case. Which of course is exactly what happened to GZ.
I also think decisions of this type should not be left up to elected/appointed officials to make a political or administrative decision as to “justification.” For example, it’s not difficult to imagine some racist black prosecutor deciding any and all killings of white people by black people are “justified” and refusing to prosecute.
Which is, of course, what happened in most of America for quite some time to blacks. And I’m opposed to that, too.
FUJMcC.
I wish this tired old man would just disappear. He peaked 50 years ago.
Sen. John McCAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOin
What a pathetic, pandering POS he is.
Senator John McLame is nothing but a thinly-discussed PUPPET of the left! He should be ASHAMED of his IGNORANCE!
I don't respect McCain's view, but I don't frankly see the connection between stand your ground laws that were not involved and a strictly self defense case. That is akin to calling for repeal of laws against fraud because someone was charged with robbery. Whatever the issue, McCain can't keep from being wrong about it.
What a PANDERING ASS...
The ‘big government’ agenda is to pass amnesty after the August break. Now consider, how must ‘big government’ placate its separatists groups? Why IF lord McCain does not appear for appearance sake all wrought and uptight over the politicized reaction to a self defense case then one separatist group might get a whiff of what ‘big government’ is about to do to them after Congress takes its August break.
Zimmerman is not the stereotypical visual of a hate filled ‘redneck’... and strangely ‘big government’ had no problems sending ‘stand your ground weaponry’ south of the border? Zimmerman is the stereotypical visual of amnesty! Big government is attempting to make ‘conservatives’ of all ethnicity the devil for things accused without merit or foundation.
Consider the source....McCain has lost what little sane brain he had left!!! What a waste this McCain dude has turned out to be!!! Sickening!!!
McCain, Durbin, Holder, Obama; all you Federal officials keep your lame, incompetent asses out of State Law!
Oh, shut up, John.
“I respect his view, but I don’t frankly see the connection,” McCain said of his Texas Republican colleague.”
Of course you wouldn’t John, because your just as anti-gun as Obama.
The only reason this fool doesn’t join the Democrat party is because he’d be thrown out on his ass in the next election.
Oh, and Johnnie, for the 10 thousandth time, the Zimmerman case had NOTHING to do with “Stand Your Ground”.
Idiot.
Me-too McCain screams, “Look at me!”
If he were wily, he would just change the name, like from "Stand Your Ground" to "Self-Defense Civil Rights Act". Easy.
STFU, you evil, old, lying, traitorous man.
McCain be all eat up with the dumb ass.
And the Republicans begin to join the choir..... /sigh