Stand your ground laws under attack

[Quick_Draw_McGraw]

I wanted to start a thread outside of all the Zimmerman & Martin shooting threads to just talk about the issue of "stand your ground" laws coming under attack.

Fox ran an article today about Chuck Schumer asking Eric Holder to "investigate" the legality of a stand your ground law.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/03/25/schumer-calls-for-federal-probe-stand-your-ground-laws-after-florida-shooting/?test=latestnews

 

[HackerF15E]

Schumer continues to show that he has no understanding of state vs federal business.

 

[twoguns?]

be investigated.

"These laws seem to be encouraging vigilantism by allowing individuals to use deadly force as a first resort," Schumer, D-N.Y., said in a statement.

Schumer asked Holder's department to probe whether the laws "are creating more violence than they are preventing," and whether potential murders are "going unprosecuted" because of them.

He estimated that 23 states have some form of this law.

Schumer cited statistics in Florida showing that before the law was approved, the state averaged 12 justifiable homicides per year. The average subsequent to the law's enactment was 33.


Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/201...orida-shooting/?test=latestnews#ixzz1qBWlewY3
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HMMM.. stats show it works fairly well

 

[pak-40]

Schumer cited statistics in Florida showing that before the law was approved, the state averaged 12 justifiable homicides per year. The average subsequent to the law's enactment was 33.l

How many of those "increased justifiable homicides" would have resulted in "murders" if the victoms had not been armed. Schumer is a dumbass!!!

 

[Glocktogo]

Doesn't Chuckie represent the state of New York? Unless I'm mistaken, New York doesn't have ANY of the stand your ground, castle doctrine, make my day laws. So what exactly is Schumer doing requesting a Dept. of Just Us investigation on this issue? Seems to me he has no stake in the matter!

Someone needs to get Chuckie a nice hot steaming cup of STFU, STAT!

 

[ArGyLe64]

Doesn't Chuckie represent the state of New York? Unless I'm mistaken, New York doesn't have ANY of the stand your ground, castle doctrine, make my day laws. So what exactly is Schumer doing requesting a Dept. of Just Us investigation on this issue? Seems to me he has no stake in the matter!

Someone needs to get Chuckie a nice hot steaming cup of STFU, STAT!

This made me smile.

 

[abajaj11]

Classic lefty tactics to take away 2A rights and how we use them. these were the same morons who were advocating mag caps federally after the Tucson tragedy. this tragedy has not been fully investigated yet. What about the justiiable use of this law, and its deterrent on crime. Chuckie is so full of it. But then this is the state that also gave us sen. hilary clinton!

 

[jmoney]

of course justifiable homicides rose,you don't have to run away anymore, these politicians are crazy. The relevant thing to look at is the change in violent crimes, has the statute caused people to think twice before attacking people in public.

 

[HackerF15E]

Doesn't Chuckie represent the state of New York? Unless I'm mistaken, New York doesn't have ANY of the stand your ground, castle doctrine, make my day laws. So what exactly is Schumer doing requesting a Dept. of Just Us investigation on this issue? Seems to me he has no stake in the matter!

Yep, exactly.