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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsI think the stand your ground law should have a name change more reflective
of what is. How about the stalk and shoot law?
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I think the stand your ground law should have a name change more reflective (Original Post)
mmonk
May 2012
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ScreamingMeemie
(68,918 posts)1. Or "Open Season Law"
mmonk
(52,589 posts)2. That works.
Solomon
(12,310 posts)3. Open Season law on Black Males.
Doesn't matter who the killer is, it's the color of the victim that matters. When a black male shoots a black male, you get 2 birds with the same stone. One dead, and one locked up for murder. It's all good.
Bake
(21,977 posts)4. SYG doesn't really have squat to do with this case.
SYG, as I understand it, doesn't allow a person to stalk a person and provoke a confrontation.
Which is what Zippy did here.
Bake
mmonk
(52,589 posts)5. But yet, it seems to be how it is applied.
And I wasn't just singling out this case.