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David Kopel has an article in the Washington Times pointing out that in spite of all the screeching, Florida's "Stand Your Ground" law was not a factor in the Trayvon Martin shooting:
The assertion that Florida law allows shooting whenever someone believes it to be necessary is a flat-out lie. The actual law of Florida is that “a person is justified in the use of deadly force” if “(1) He or she reasonably believes that such force is necessary to prevent imminent death or great bodily harm to himself or herself or another or to prevent the imminent commission of a forcible felony” (Florida Statutes, Section 776.012).
The second part of the law provides special provisions for self-defense against violent home invaders or carjackers. Neither of those is relevant to the Zimmerman case.
When the left wants to contradict something a centrist or conservative said, or make an anti-liberty assertion in public, reading comprehension and awareness of nuance are not their strong suits.
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