Gun Control & RKBA
In reply to the discussion: lady in the mall yesterday. [View all]gejohnston
(17,502 posts)the vast majority of killings are intra-race. That includes self defense. The number of whites killing blacks in self defense is slightly higher that blacks killing whites, but intra-race is still the vast majority. Something like 90 percent is white killing other white.
In Florida, any claim of self defense gets a hearing before a judge. If there is racial bias on the part of judges (a white getting immunity while a black would not under same circumstances) do you seriously think a full blown trial under DTR would be any better?
Is race a factor in the Zimmerman case vs the Dooley case? Who knows. The latter had eyewitnesses including SSgt James' daughter.
To answer your question, depends on why and how the statistics were like under DTR. I'm guessing they are not different.