There has always been a right to defend yourself. The tragic idiocy of the Stand Your Ground laws is that they allow you to chase some one down and kill them to “defend yourself” even when you had the option of walking away. Civilization has always called that “murder” before.
Jack Ohman and others who only see one side of this issue have never been on the ground with someone bigger, stronger, and younger than they are beating them in the face, breaking their nose. Not to mention that Trayvon was high at the time.
“Stand your ground” when it’s the ground you OWN is one thing. When states expand it to outside the boundaries of personal ownership and personal safety, it goes too far.
“Give an idiot a gun week” has been in the news for months now, and should be a hint that idiots shouldn’t be considered defending themselves, when they initiate confrontation.
McSpook almost 11 years ago
When you’re a hammer, everything looks like a nail.When you have a gun, everyone looks like a target.
ARodney almost 11 years ago
There has always been a right to defend yourself. The tragic idiocy of the Stand Your Ground laws is that they allow you to chase some one down and kill them to “defend yourself” even when you had the option of walking away. Civilization has always called that “murder” before.
Brutatowski almost 11 years ago
Jack Ohman and others who only see one side of this issue have never been on the ground with someone bigger, stronger, and younger than they are beating them in the face, breaking their nose. Not to mention that Trayvon was high at the time.
Dtroutma almost 11 years ago
“Stand your ground” when it’s the ground you OWN is one thing. When states expand it to outside the boundaries of personal ownership and personal safety, it goes too far.
“Give an idiot a gun week” has been in the news for months now, and should be a hint that idiots shouldn’t be considered defending themselves, when they initiate confrontation.
rossevrymn almost 11 years ago
How many liberal cartoonists can make the same cartoon?