EJ Dionne: Why the NRA pushes ‘Stand Your Ground’

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19. Absolutely not

As I've stated in one of the many other threads on the Martin/Zimmerman altercation, IF the facts come out to be what the media has so far reported, I don't see where the SYG statutes could apply to this situation. I don't believe there is any protection under the statute for someone who basically created an incident and then escalated it unnecessarily.

Unfortunately, with all of the "selective editing" and other slanted reporting we've seen so far, nobody seems to know all of the facts. One fact I think we can all agree on, however, is that this situation never had to happen. With no imminent danger, there was no reason for Zimmerman to do anything other than call the cops and leave it alone. They get paid to deal with those things.

As far as your interesting racial comment, you'll find that one of my recent posts was of a homeowner shooting an intruder. While I don't know (or at least don't remember) the race of the intruder, the picture of the homeowner clearly showed him to be black. Apparently race does not factor into my consideration as much as it does yours.