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Originally Posted by plato
U.S. Senate - POLITICS
Schumer calls for federal probe of 'Stand Your Ground' laws after Florida shooting
Sen. Chuck Schumer is calling on the Justice Department to investigate so-called "Stand Your Ground" laws following the fatal shooting of an unarmed Florida teen.
"These laws seem to be encouraging vigilantism by allowing individuals to use deadly force as a first resort," Schumer, D-N.Y., said in a statement.
Schumer asked Holder's department to probe whether the laws "are creating more violence than they are preventing," and whether potential murders are "going unprosecuted" because of them.
Schumer cited statistics in Florida showing that before the law was approved, the state averaged 12 justifiable homicides per year. The average subsequent to the law's enactment was 33.
Gee, Chuck. Can you spell "Google"?
In the 10 years before the law, Florida had 13,083 murders. In the 10 years following, there were 9510. That's a big drop.
Forming a group, giving yourself a "cool" name and starting a 5000 idiot manhunt encourages vigilantism. Not going there, Senator?
Sadly, years from now, when few of us can recall the names of the two individuals, many will still remember the great news coverage given to that bag of Skittles. WTF?
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The usual "guns kill, not people" BS from NY politicians.
Of course NYC is sooo safe, thanks to COMPSTAT and MA(i)G, no one gets shot here.
MOO: This is going to be a very divisive issue for Obama, given the timing. Enough MSM outlets have reported Z's race correctly, though the bigger ones have been omitting or twisting it. Either way, no matter what the outcome of the investigation is, some group (or another) is going to be pissed, and look to O to fix it. He can't afford to lose either voting block (African American or Latino), and blaming the guns might cost him the "hunting" states(which he probably lost already), so O and Co needs to sweep this under the rug, and fast.
ETA: Like many previous posters, waiting on the investigation, there is too little information available to say what happened, who might be at fault and if the underlying laws needs review...
My .002