'Stand your ground' can't be yanked soon enough

[ornotna]

Editorial: 'Stand your ground' can't be yanked soon enough

The argument for repeal was strong even without the Zimmerman case. The Tampa Bay Times reviewed 200 "stand your ground" cases last year, and in about one-third of those cases the defendant started the fight and went free. The law has freed killers and aggressive attackers, drug dealers and other criminals whose claims of self-defense were questionable. Since Florida enacted the law, some two dozen states have embraced similar laws, and one study has found an 8 percent increase in murders and non-negligent manslaughters in those states.

Read the rest here... http://www.tampabay.com/opinion/editorials/editorial-stand-your-ground-cant-be-yanked-soon-enough/2133405

[yurbud]

1. It tells you how corrupt our system is that such a dangerous law was passed in so many places

[Blue_Tires]

2. co-signed