The purpose of the "Stand Your Ground Law" is to cow people into not going into a neighbourhood

[applegrove]

where they don't look like they fit it. It is about changing the assumptions in people's heads. If somebody is afraid of you it is your problem, not the other way around. Used to be that lynching kept African Americans from having anything to do with white women or from going into the white parts of town. The Stand Your Ground Law does the same thing. As it is meant to do. And it sells guns which the NRA likes. And it will brutalize those that are feared, and desensitize the public to events like this as people are not charged with manslaughter or murder. It is the 1950s again. Just like the GOP want.

[msongs]

1. nobody in black neighborhoods carries guns and will use this strategy? hmmm nt

[applegrove]

2. I don't think the GOP or the NRA give a flying **** what happens in a black neighbourhood.

They want the white neighbourhoods to vote on their fears. That is where the independant vote is. If they have a few more Trayvon Martin events in the news they'll be well on their way to getting exactly what they want.