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Kos: Constitutional Carry and Stand Your Ground Laws Have Created an Atmosphere of Frontier Style Justice

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Presently, there are twenty-seven states that have passed Constitutional carry laws, allowing for their citizens to carry weapons either openly, or concealed, without permits or licensing requirements. Only Alabama requires a federal background check. These states have GOP controlled legislatures/governors apart from Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont. The incontrovertible fact is unfettered access to firearms, … Read more

Yamane: Gun Control Groups’ Talking Points Spread the Lie That ‘Stand Your Ground’ Laws Allow Gun Owners to Kill With Impunity

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These [gun control] groups and even scholars studying gun violence refer to Stand Your Ground (SYG) laws as “shoot first” laws, short for “shoot first and ask questions later.” As a gun scholar, gun owner and opponent of gun violence, I fear that equating SYG with the legal right to “shoot first” could unintentionally mislead people … Read more

Florida Man Released From Jail After 2 Years When Judge Rules Shooting Justified Under Stand Your Ground Law

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“A reasonable and prudent person in the same position as Mr. Dames would have believed that the use of deadly force was necessary to prevent imminent death or great bodily harm to Mr. Dames,” [St. Lucie County Circuit Judge William] Roby stated. “The state has failed to prove … that Mr. Dames had no objectively … Read more

Vice: It’s Far Too Easy to Claim ‘Stand Your Ground’ in Florida

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It's now easier to claim stand your ground protection in Florida

Vice: self defense = murder . . . It’s easier than ever to get away with murder in Florida “I was in fear for my life.” That’s essentially all 22-year-old Reginald Bowman needed to say in court this week to justify shooting and killing 18-year-old Lyfe Coleman in Tampa in 2015. As long as prosecutors … Read more

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