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exboyfil

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2. Classic stand your ground

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Tue Feb 22, 2022, 09:33 AM

Feb 2022

It has taken eight years to bring Curtis Reeves to trial for the Florida theater shooting. A big part of that time was jumping through the stand your ground hoops.

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'Stand your ground' laws linked to 11% rise in U.S. firearm homicides, study says [View all] brooklynite Feb 2022 OP

the last part of the article melm00se Feb 2022 #1

The Journal of the American Medical Association is "clickbait"? brooklynite Feb 2022 #3

No... but the article in WaPost is FBaggins Feb 2022 #6

Without delivering the goods? AndyS Feb 2022 #10

Yes. Without delivering the goods FBaggins Feb 2022 #11

okay, I'll bite. AndyS Feb 2022 #12

Let's see if it's worth the effort FBaggins Feb 2022 #14

Huh?? AndyS Feb 2022 #15

Sigh... let's try again FBaggins Feb 2022 #16

WTF are you talking about?? AndyS Feb 2022 #17

I guess that's a "no" FBaggins Feb 2022 #18

Oh! The causation/correlation dodge! You should have just lead with that AndyS Feb 2022 #21

+1 Emile Feb 2022 #20

Well, at least in Texas and Oklahoma the impact of stand your ground laws AndyS Feb 2022 #5

I think that is the correct interpretation StClone Feb 2022 #8

Classic stand your ground exboyfil Feb 2022 #2

Imagine that! Who could have known this would happen? Dustlawyer Feb 2022 #4

Republicans want Turbineguy Feb 2022 #7

As it was meant to. Aristus Feb 2022 #9

"Stand Your Ground" More or Less About Who First Makes the Claim 2live is 2fly Feb 2022 #13

how sad gopiscrap Mar 2022 #22

More like "Eliminate any witnesses" IronLionZion Feb 2022 #19