Just in case some are still wandering through cyberspace. http://abcnews.go.com/US/floridas-stand-ground-law-determine-zimmerman-dunn-cases/story?id=22543929
http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/05/11/11660804-marissa-alexander-gets-20-years-for-firing-warning-shot-after-stand-your-ground-defense-fails?lite
http://abcnews.go.com/US/george-zimmerman-skip-stand-ground-hearing-end-case/story?id=18656568
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/nov/07/woman-shot-detroit-stand-your-ground
http://www.legislature.mi.gov/%28S%28decbpuj2sr3zmt554fk0fpr0%29%29/mileg.aspx?page=GetObject&objectname=mcl-780-972
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I will offer my opinion and post on Monday morning.
Stand your ground laws means that under law certain circumstances, individuals can use force to defend themselves without trying to attempt to retreat from danger. The purpose is so that some can try to out any chance of prosecutions of people who legitimately used self-defense even though they never tried to leave from where danger was supposed to be. Some seem to have the term miss understood especially when it comes to people lives on the line. People feel that they can use this law any way because of the way it is written some just don’t understand fully. To young man of color lives were taking for odd reasons which were one looked dangerous due to a hoodie his name Travon Martin and Michael Dunn a teenager in a car killed for loud music.
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DeleteI would be extremely upset if my son was shot simply just walking down the street or listening to music loudly in his own car? Laws are made to help people lives run smoothly, but some people misinterpret the meaning of them. So that is why I believe that people are so divided in the “Stand Your Ground Law”. The law itself is not the problem it’s the people that use it stupidly. If I was in fear for my life and the type of defense I choose to use killed someone, I honestly believe that I deserve to go to jail.
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ReplyDeleteNaturally, as we know society today slavery and racial discrimination is supposed to be a thing of the past right? Wrong! Now it’s in a form of laws birthed from a political system, organized to advance a race, while hindering another. Recently a rash of cases bent the “Stand Your Ground Law” empowering one race to kill at will the blacks of the world, and incarcerating other who naturally used it as a defense. I oppose this law to the fullest!
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DeleteThe Quote “Standing Your Ground Laws” means having the right to use a weapon without getting in trouble for it. Many people in today’s society abuse that. Too many innocent people are being killed and there is no justice for the. For example: Trayvon Martin case, all he said was self-defense and the case is closed.
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DeleteFor every action there will always be a reaction; for every reaction there will be results and consequences. One can always form an opinion, be biased and have an assumption about a situation, but at what point does one remove their personal feelings and focus on the facts? If I as a CPL holder fire warning shots off in the air, or kill another being because I feel threatened by them, my actions have consequences. That may result in me going to jail for many years, or me being acquitted of murder, either way someone will form a strong opinion and stance about my actions. There is nothing wrong with standing with or against something, but again when do we remove ourselves and research the facts? The facts are the truth about something, and everything that we feel is unfair does not mean it is unjust. As Martin Luther King Jr. once stated, “Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.” If we react out of sheer anger, based on our feelings and ignorance of the facts, we are as guilty of stupidity as the person who committed the act.
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DeleteOn June 24th, 2013 my heart felt the same pain as the majority of our nation. It was the acquittal of George Zimmerman from killing 17 year old Trayvon Martin. The only difference in my anger than many others was that I was not angry that a “white” man got away with killing a “black” child, but that a man who put himself in danger was released, free of murdering a young man who was simply defending himself. For me it was not about white vs. black, it was about right vs. wrong. Every licensed Concealed Weapon holder is taught in their CCW training course that you have the right to use your gun to kill if you feel an imminent threat. A CCW holder is also taught that they cannot chase after the danger or shoot someone in the back if they are running away, if they did, they are not protected under the “Stand Your Ground” law. For example, Zimmerman was told by the police to stay in his car when he was following Trayvon around their subdivision. Instead he got out the car and pursued Trayvon, who in return questioned and got into an altercation with him. The altercation resulted in Zimmerman shooting and killing Trayvon. Due to him chasing after Trayvon I don’t feel that the “Stand Your Ground” law should have protected Zimmerman, but it did. Now do I feel it is fair no, but it was not legally unjust. The moment Martin and Zimmerman got into the altercation Florida’s “Justifiable Use of Force” or “Stand Your Ground” law protected the gun holder who had a legal right to protect himself from great bodily harm. Again, it is not fair but it is legally justified.
DeleteAfter Zimmerman’s acquittal many people were outraged, especially since Marissa Alexander was sentenced to 20years in prison for firing a warning shot at her husband. What many people did not understand, which is learned in gun safety and CCW classes, is that it is illegal to fire warning shots. Not only is firing warning shots illegal, Alexander’s two children where near her husband when she fired the shot. The story stated that her husband had been abusive, but it was never stated that they were in an altercation and she shot him because she felt an imminent threat. Due to her actions, the “Justifiable Use of Force” law does not protect her from prison time. I most definitely think Marissa’s sentence was a bit extreme, but her being sentenced was legally justified.
Due to the negativity surrounded by the “Stand Your Ground” law, many people oppose it and want to ban it, but they are not really thinking rationally. They do not understand that the “Stand Your Ground” law is the reason that when someone breaks into our home while we are there we have the right to shoot them, no questions asked. The law just recently protected a Detroit woman who shot at three burglars breaking into her house while she and her three children were home. The law also protects women like me who live and work in a dangerous city such as Detroit. Although law-enforcement is getting better, they are not always there to protect us, so if a man tries to rape me while I am walking to my parking structure or home the “Stand your ground” law will protect me if I have to use deadly force.
To conclude, before reacting out of anger and ignorance of a law or situation, take a step back and research the facts. Gain knowledge, not biased opinions from others, to help form a stance on the situation. If one just goes with the crowd because that is what the crowd is doing then they are engaging is conscious stupidity, and are sincerely ignorant.
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DeleteLet’s close our eyes for a second. Imagine being alone, in the dark minding your business and someone looks like a threat. What would be the first move to make? In the act of feeling like something bad could happen at that very moment what would you do? Could killing this person who didn’t seem like a threat at be worth all the blood shed on our hands? These are the question that should be asked when in thought of the “Stand Your Ground” law. Defense is one thing but murder is another and this law should not exist.
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DeleteI'm so sorry. This is Francine.
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