Gun Legislation

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▶ ‘Popcorn Killer’ Uses Stand Your Ground To Justify Theater Slaying

 

“The sheriff who’s investigating the fatal shooting of a moviegoer this week in Florida said the state’s “stand your ground” defense doesn’t apply in this case, but an attorney said it likely does.

“What most people don’t understand is, the law is not concerned with what started your argument; the law is not concerned about how petty it is,” attorney Stephen Romine told First Coast News. “The law is concerned about the acts between two people — the person who died and the person who did the shooting.”

Retired police captain Curtis Reeves was charged with second-degree murder after he shot 43-year-old Chad Oulson to death Monday afternoon because he refused to stop sending a text message to his 2-year-old daughter’s day care provider.

Reeves told investigators that he feared for his safety when he was struck in the face with an object that investigators determined was popcorn, but his attorney suggested may have been a more dangerous object.”* John Iadarola (TYT University), Ben Mankiewicz (Turner Classic Movies) and Gina Grad (The Gina Grad Show) break it down.

*Read more here from Travis Gettys / Raw Story:
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/01/17…

 

Community Village‘s insight:

 

“The one guest says “punch him” and he’d be out by now”

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Stand your ground database Florida

The Trayvon Martin case has brought scrutiny to Florida’s stand your ground law. The Tampa Bay Times finds the self defense law has been invoked more than 200 times since 2005.

 

Community Village‘s insight:

 

Here’s a database of over 236 cases of Stand Your Ground in Florida.

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NRA Lies: The NRA says arming more adults will protect kids—but most are killed at home

At Least 194 Children Have Been Shot to Death Since Newtown The NRA says arming more adults will protect kids—but most are killed at home, our investigation shows, often with unsecured guns. You’ve…

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Mother In Stand Your Ground Movie, Son Is Victim Months Later

Imagine acting in a movie about a stand your ground case, and a few months later your own child is unjustifiably killed by someone claiming immunity under stand your ground law. That’s what happene…

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Conceal Carry In Florida Can Get You Killed

 

“Conceal carry is promoted as a means of self-defense – not a means to settle avoidable arguments.”

CNN has reported:

  • Suspected shooter is a retired Tampa police officer
  • Only one shot was fired, hitting both wife and husband
  • Off-duty deputy in theater made sure gunman didn’t leave

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NRA: The USA Needs Gun Control NOW. Guns Are A Permanent Drag On The American Economy

How Guns And Violence Cost Every American $564 In 2010 Each injury caused by a firearm sets in motion a prolonged series of events. There’s a car-ride to the emergency room…or the morgue.

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Trayvon Martin and the Nativity?

 

“What do baby Jesus and Trayvon Martin have in common?  Violence.  ”Jesus was born into a state of total vulnerability as an innocent unarmed child during a time of great violence much like Trayvon Martin… As a result, the original Christmas was a time of great grief and agony for many children and parents,” reads the sign posted near the artist John Zachary’s nativity scene.”

Trayvon Martin was shot through the heart

Trayvon Martin’s sweatshirt.  Source CNN

 

Community Village‘s insight:

 

I had tweeted that Trayvon Martin is our contemporary Jesus. Trayvon’s blood stained sweatshirt in the form of a cross with the bullet hole through the heart area is a powerful symbol of the war on Black and Brown youth, which is sold to U.S. culture as “getting tough on crime” and waging a “war on drugs”.

Trayvon Martin is a powerful symbol of Black and Brown youth being seen as criminals; being seen as guilty and stalked or stopped-n-frisked wherever they stand and wherever they walk. At what pace can a Black or Brown youth walk and not been seen as guilty?

 

@getgln

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Moms Demand Gun Sense | Videos

Moms Demand Action For Gun Sense In America is a grassroots effort formed in the wake of the devastating mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown Connecticut. The Other Easter Egg Hunt PSA VIDEO: “How Many More Rounds?

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