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In reply to the discussion: Gun Laws And What The Second Amendment Intended - Seattle Times [View all]samsingh
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NRA expands its role from fight for gun rights to conservative causes
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The man who shot Martin, George Zimmerman, said he acted in self-defense. Police haven't charged him and legal experts say Florida's "stand your ground" law may shield Zimmerman from prosecution.
The National Rifle Association worked with ALEC to spread similar laws that are on the books in at least 25 states.
Those laws grow directly out of the Second Amendment ethos the NRA has championed: "the ethos of individualism, of having a gun, of individuals taking the initiative," said Robert Spitzer, a political scientist at the State University of New York at Cortland and at Cornell University who has studied and written about the NRA for decades.
link: http://www.cnn.com/2012/04/06/politics/nra-alec/