States with 'Stand Your Ground' laws

[jaxx]

States with 'Stand Your Ground' laws
By Sarah Muller
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Wed Mar 21, 2012 4:41 PM EDT



George Zimmerman has yet to be arrested in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin, an unarmed Florida teen. At this time, details of the precise altercation are still unclear. But, Zimmerman has been protected under the state's "Stand Your Ground" law.

Florida is not alone in this legislation. Right now, a total of 22 states give citizens the right to stand your ground in self-defense.

<..> Section Three of Florida's Stand Your Ground law reads, "A person who is not engaged in an unlawful activity and who is attacked in any other place where he or she has a right to be has no duty to retreat and has the right to stand his or her ground and meet force with force, including deadly force if he or she reasonably believes it is necessary to do so to prevent death or great bodily harm to himself or herself or another or to prevent the commission of a forcible felony."

http://thelastword.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2...round-laws

22 states, very scary.

[SeattleGirl]

This last fall when I was in Detroit, I went to pick up a friend of mine and while I was waiting in my car, another car pulled up beside me. It was a couple with a little girl of about 5. They had just been to the store and when the man got out of the car, he kind of backed up against my driver's side window. The man had a pistol strapped to his waist!

Michigan is an open carry state, but I couldn't help but think, WTF? You are so scared and paranoid and you can't go to the freakin' grocery store without srappin' on the ol' sidearm? And you pack a gun while having your little girl with you???

The obsession with guns in this country is beyond sick. I don't hate guns, and all of the people I know (friends and family) who have guns keep them locked and unloaded while in the house, and they only hunt animals, not people.