Florida Man Uses Stand Your Ground Defense in Killing of Black Teen Over Loud Music

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33. That's not going to happen in Florida. ...

The Florida legislature MIGHT rewrite the law in the next full session at that's the most that will happen. Most likely the law will not be rewritten but will be expanded to allow a person to flash his weapon or even fire a warning shot to stop an attack.

Most Floridians strongly support SYG.

Poll: Floridians Overwhelmingly Support Stand Your Ground Law
By: James Taylor | July 22, 2013

Floridians overwhelmingly support the state’s “Stand Your Ground” law, according to a new poll of 900 registered voters. According to the nonpartisan Viewpoint Florida public opinion research group, 81 percent of Florida voters want to retain the law either in its current form or with some modifications, while only 13 percent favor repealing the law.

According to the poll, 50 percent of Florida voters support retaining the Stand Your Ground law in its current form. Another 31 percent support the law but would like to see it modified. Only 13 percent favor repealing the law.

Notably, independent voters supported the Stand Your Ground law more than Florida voters as a whole. The poll found 57 percent of independent voters support retaining the law in its current form, 25 percent support the law but would like to see modifications, and only 9 percent favor repealing the law.

Even Democrats generally supported Stand Your Ground. Among Democrats, 27 percent support retaining the Stand Your Ground law in its current form, 47 percent support the law but would like to see modifications, and only 22 percent favor an outright repeal.
http://mediatrackers.org/florida/2013/07/22/poll-floridians-overwhelmingly-support-stand-your-ground-law

Even some Florida law enforcement agencies support the law.

The Florida Sheriffs Association Supports the Stand Your Ground Law.

For Immediate Release

FSA President, Sheriff Grady Judd, today announced, “The right to self-defense is well-established in law. The Florida Sheriffs confirmed this position by voting unanimously, at the 2013 Florida Sheriffs Association Summer Conference, to support the Stand Your Ground law as it is currently written. Our current judicial system is comprised of multiple checks and balances to ensure fair and equitable application of all laws, including Stand Your Ground.”

Florida’s Stand Your Ground Law
A person who is not engaged in an unlawful activity, and who is attacked in any other place where he or she has a right to be has no duty to retreat and has the right to stand his or her ground and meet force with force, including deadly force if he or she reasonably believes it is necessary to do so to prevent death or great bodily harm to himself or herself or another or to prevent the commission of a forcible felony.
F.S. §776.013(3)
http://www.flsheriffs.org/newsroom/entry/the-florida-sheriffs-association-supports-the-stand-your-ground-law

Despite all the media attention the SYG law is popular in many states.

Most Americans favor 'Stand Your Ground' laws: Poll
Fri Aug 2, 2013 4:46pm EDT

(Reuters) - Most U.S. voters support the "Stand Your Ground" laws, although the question of whether to retreat or use deadly force in self defense divides Americans along gender, racial and political lines, a national poll found on Friday.

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The poll found that a strong majority of white voters and men support the laws, while black voters generally oppose them and women are almost evenly divided.

Three quarters of Republicans and most Independents support Stand Your Ground laws, while more than six in 10 Democrats oppose them. In households with gun owners, voters back the laws by a margin of 67 percent to 29 percent.

"With these kinds of numbers, it's unlikely the movement to repeal ‘Stand Your Ground' will be successful in most of the country," said Peter Brown, assistant director of the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/08/02/us-usa-florida-law-poll-idUSBRE97115F20130802

I favor keeping the law but rewriting it to remove any ambiguous wording.