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the Florida judge in the case instructed the jury that under state law Zimmerman had "no duty to retreat and had the right to stand his ground and meet force with force" if he reasonably feared for his life or great bodily harm.
As attention zeroes in on so-called "stand your ground" laws (musician Stevie Wonder said Tuesday he won't perform in Florida until the law there is repealed), the obvious next question is, what's the likelihood of changing them? Poor to nonexistent, say some who track the gun culture in America.
“Non-gun owners are questioning Stand Your Ground laws … ut the gun lobby is too strong to allow such laws to be repealed,” writes Adam Winkler, a law professor at the University of California, Los Angeles, and the author of “Gunfight: The Battle Over the Right to Bear Arms in America,” in an e-mail. “For better or worse, stand your ground laws are here to stay.”
http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Justic...ht-not-roll-back-stand-your-ground-laws-video
As attention zeroes in on so-called "stand your ground" laws (musician Stevie Wonder said Tuesday he won't perform in Florida until the law there is repealed), the obvious next question is, what's the likelihood of changing them? Poor to nonexistent, say some who track the gun culture in America.
“Non-gun owners are questioning Stand Your Ground laws … ut the gun lobby is too strong to allow such laws to be repealed,” writes Adam Winkler, a law professor at the University of California, Los Angeles, and the author of “Gunfight: The Battle Over the Right to Bear Arms in America,” in an e-mail. “For better or worse, stand your ground laws are here to stay.”
http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Justic...ht-not-roll-back-stand-your-ground-laws-video