Michael Dunn, Florida Man, Invokes 'Stand Your Ground' Law After Shooting Black Teen

[Sekhmets Daughter]

105. As I said the Texas Law is a good example

of a SYG law that makes sense.


***It's not perfect, but I don't want a system whereby some 65-yr-old dude, upon being attacked by a gang of young toughs, has to prove he could have hobbled off more quickly, yelled more loudly, called for help, or did some other hat & cane routine to Suwannee River lest he plea down to some lesser man-slaughter charge.***

But wouldn't you want a law that protected you from that same 65-year-old, cranky and perhaps suffering from early dementia, who thinks he has a right to shoot you because he is standing his ground? And all you wanted was to ask him for directions? The coin always has two sides, the FL law is very one-sided.... I would hope that anyone who shot and killed you would have to answer for it and be able to show that it was justified. Otherwise, like Trayvon Martin, the police can accept the old man's story without ever knowing anything more. Unlike Texas, the FL law does not mandate an investigation.