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Bartholomew Roberts · April 25, 2012, 11:28 AM

I think this article illustrates one of the ways that antis are exploiting the "Stand Your Ground" law attack:

http://www.contactmusic.com/news/sam...ership_1321613

The article is basically about how Samuel Jackson supports gun ownership and gun rights; but is upset about the law in the Martin/Zimmerman shooting. He says "Who are these people running around the community with guns, pretending to be cops, who have a right to shoot somebody because of this bulls**t law? What's untenable is that nobody put the guy who shot this kid in custody (immediately)."

Mr. Jackson apparently has the perception that a "Stand Your Ground" law allows you to run around pretending to be a cop or that it was the reason Zimmerman was not arrested. Neither of those issues have anything to do with Stand Your Ground laws; but antis are exploiting that confusion and implying that Stand Your Ground law was the reason that happened.

If nothing else, I think this thread provides a good discussion of what "Stand Your Ground" does and does not do. Now it is just a question of getting that information out there to people who are probably not either well-informed on the issue or even all that interested in it.

April 25, 2012, 11:28 AM	#77
Bartholomew Roberts member Join Date: June 12, 2000 Location: Texas and Oklahoma area Posts: 8,462	I think this article illustrates one of the ways that antis are exploiting the "Stand Your Ground" law attack: http://www.contactmusic.com/news/sam...ership_1321613 The article is basically about how Samuel Jackson supports gun ownership and gun rights; but is upset about the law in the Martin/Zimmerman shooting. He says "Who are these people running around the community with guns, pretending to be cops, who have a right to shoot somebody because of this bulls**t law? What's untenable is that nobody put the guy who shot this kid in custody (immediately)." Mr. Jackson apparently has the perception that a "Stand Your Ground" law allows you to run around pretending to be a cop or that it was the reason Zimmerman was not arrested. Neither of those issues have anything to do with Stand Your Ground laws; but antis are exploiting that confusion and implying that Stand Your Ground law was the reason that happened. If nothing else, I think this thread provides a good discussion of what "Stand Your Ground" does and does not do. Now it is just a question of getting that information out there to people who are probably not either well-informed on the issue or even all that interested in it.