Our neighbors have personal security, too, and in a stand your ground state, an open carry state, they'll shoot you first and get off later".
WASHINGTON -- Under pressure from the advocacy group ColorofChange, Kraft Foods Inc. said Thursday night it would end its support for the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), the conservative lobbying group that has backed state "Stand Your Ground" gun laws.
Mr. O'Mara said the state's stand-your-ground self-defense law was appropriate for the case.
They also tried to get Florida's lawmakers to amend the state's stand-your-ground law, which allows for the use of deadly force in situations when a person feels their life is in danger.
It carries a much lower burden of proof than the criminal charge, but faces the significant hurdle of the state's stand-your-ground law that allows for the use of deadly force if a person fears their life is in danger.
TAMPA - State House Speaker Will Weatherford said Tuesday he's willing to consider legislation changing the state's "stand your ground" law but first would have to see a consistent, unified message from law enforcement officials on what changes are needed.
Fortunately, my state, Connecticut, is not a stand-your-ground state.
A man charged with killing a bystander in Columbia, S.C., has been granted immunity from prosecution after citing the state's Stand Your Ground Act.
Ifill was referring to groups like the Dream Defenders, a group of African-American activists who have been sleeping in Florida's capitol building for the last four weeks in an effort to force Governor Rick Scott to call the legislature to a special session to address the state's Stand Your Ground laws, and who were gathered near the steps to the memorial.
It will also bring a re-trial for Marissa Alexander, a Florida woman who allegedly fired a warning shot into the air when her abusive husband had her cornered; though Alexander, like Zimmerman, invoked the state's "Stand Your Ground" defense, she wound up with a twenty-year prison sentence.
The sheriff also said the state's "stand your ground" self-defense law complicated the investigation.
