A new report by the British newspaper The Guardian finds that there's been a huge increase in so-called "justifiable homicides" across America, thanks in part to the new ALEC-written Stand Your Ground – or shoot first – laws. Since Florida became the first state to pass a Stand Your Ground law back in 2005 – and was then followed by 20 other states passing similar laws – the number of so-called justifiable homicides across the nation has gone up 25%. The Stand Your Ground law is at the center of the controversy surrounding the shooting death of Trayvon Martin in Florida – and is the main reason why the shooter, George Zimmerman, is still walking around as a free man. As Dan Gross – the President of the Brady Campaign - said about this new study, "This research demonstrates a fundamental point. Stand-your-ground laws are dangerous on their own as a mentality. But when combined with weak gun laws they become a recipe for tragedy." The number of justifiable homicides by police officers is also up across the nation – meaning cops are also adopting a shoot-first mentality. After a decade of Republicans and the military/police complex convincing Americans that we have to be scared to death of countless threats – too many of us have all gone crazy and are now shooting each other. It's time to return to our roots – as the home of the brave – not the home of the frightened and trigger-happy.
This is more bogus information from people who never owned a gun or cared about their 2nd amendment rights. A study already showed that there was no affect on crime one way or the other in Florida since the law was enacted. In other words both the anti-gun and freedom loving Americans over stated the impact the law would have in increasing or driving down crime. I for one am happy that Florida came down on the side of freedom.
ReplyDeleteyea, who needs a gun? we should all be able to defend ourselves from violent attackers with our words. if we can just survive long enough to engage them in civil discourse we can convince them that violence isn't the way...
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12:04 is perfectly correct. These statistics from anti-gun groups will be used to justify MORE anti-gun laws. Consider the source.
ReplyDeleteI want to open carry as well as concealed. I was in a gunshop once in Delaware when everyone in there had a six gun on their thigh! I had never felt safer in my life!
ReplyDeleteEVERYONE should be legal open carry! No more hijackers!
Also see the post just below 'what's new , not much' before you get your drawers all up in a twist with this post.
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