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madinmaryland

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21. The NRA needs to fuck-off, and here...

Sun Jul 14, 2013, 12:19 AM

Jul 2013

Do a quick search for “Stand Your Ground” on the National Rifle Association’s website and the first video result features the story of a Florida man exonerated of murder charges in January 2012 under the State’s “Stand Your Ground” law. That video’s segment is titled “Hero of the Day.”

The NRA lobbied for “Stand Your Ground” in the past and has yet to comment on the controversy surrounding the killing of Trayvon Martin by George Zimmerman, a case in which Florida’s version of the law could play a pivotal role if it ever goes to trial.

The pro-gun group championed the passage of the original law in Florida back in 2004 and lobbied to pass similar legislation in other states, according to the Center for Public Integrity. In light of the recent controversy, the NRA has stalled its lobbying efforts in to pass the law in Alaska, according to Bloomberg News.

“Stand Your Ground” laws state that a person can use lethal force if that person feels at all threatened. Versions of the law have been passed in 25 states, but Florida’s is considered to be the most aggressive.

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/03/nra-pushed-for-stand-your-ground-laws/

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Yanno . . . no matter how much you want it to be so, America is NOT post racial. [View all] Stinky The Clown Jul 2013 OP

those who ever claimed that were blind bobduca Jul 2013 #1

He only won because of the FUCKING NRA. madinmaryland Jul 2013 #2

And your boogeyman has exactly what Riftaxe Jul 2013 #6

I see that a gungeonite crawled out of the cesspool to comment in DU... madinmaryland Jul 2013 #9

Yet you dodge the question Riftaxe Jul 2013 #13

And yet you are missing the entire reason why this whole thing ever happened. madinmaryland Jul 2013 #16

It is a just verdict Riftaxe Jul 2013 #3

thanks 'teach for the "civics" lesson bobduca Jul 2013 #4

Aye knowing how the 3 branches work Riftaxe Jul 2013 #8

so the letter to the jury re: disregarding all of that testimony bobduca Jul 2013 #11

Maybe, if you are a democrat, you would be fighting against the laws that the NRA madinmaryland Jul 2013 #12

and yet the NRA was no where in the trial Riftaxe Jul 2013 #14

My friend. It was the NRA that created the laws that forced the jury to have to acquit the murderer madinmaryland Jul 2013 #18

This is an uninformed statement uponit7771 Jul 2013 #36

Lord seek help Riftaxe Jul 2013 #17

The NRA forced upon the state of Florida the "stand-your-ground" law. PERIOD. Rather than saying I madinmaryland Jul 2013 #20

The NRA needs to fuck-off, and here... madinmaryland Jul 2013 #21

You do realize Riftaxe Jul 2013 #30

You do realize madinmaryland Jul 2013 #32

Lord yet not one prosecutor or defense attorney was intelligent enough Riftaxe Jul 2013 #33

Huh? Have you understood at all that I am arguing against the law that the madinmaryland Jul 2013 #34

don't you understand, madinmaryland? Skittles Jul 2013 #35

How do you figure? treestar Jul 2013 #10

Because as the law plainly states Riftaxe Jul 2013 #15

BECAUSE as the law plainly states and was written by the NRA... madinmaryland Jul 2013 #22

I suspect you truly believe that Riftaxe Jul 2013 #23

You have yet to refute my assertion and that of most people in this country that the madinmaryland Jul 2013 #24

I do not find the laws absurd Riftaxe Jul 2013 #26

Thanks for actually addressing the points that I made... madinmaryland Jul 2013 #29

I figure it came down to the instruction about the burden of proof treestar Jul 2013 #28

more like the 50s I have in laws now who are openly racist dembotoz Jul 2013 #5

It really is De-Evolution. enigmatic Jul 2013 #7

And who thought this?????? mstinamotorcity2 Jul 2013 #19

Whoever said it was? Iggo Jul 2013 #25

Usually it's the racists who say we're in "post-racial" America Nevernose Jul 2013 #31

No, it certainly isn't. Igel Jul 2013 #27