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.
Here’s a database of over 236 cases of Stand Your Ground in Florida.
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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…
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…
The movement to end stand your ground releases a new video with images of “stand your ground” victims.
“Conceal carry is promoted as a means of self-defense – not a means to settle avoidable arguments.”
CNN has reported:
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.
Not every case in which someone claims stand your ground laws ends in death or makes headlines. Here are a few you may have never heard of.
“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’s sweatshirt. Source CNN
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?
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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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A zealous homeowner who was robbed inside his home on Christmas Day, then chased and gunned down the robber an hour later has been charged with murder.
