WTF? ... Even crazier Stand Your Ground 2.0 law proposed in Florida

[marmar]

Published on Oct 7, 2015

Stand your ground laws have spread across America over the past decade, but we’re not done yet. Florida is moving to bolster the law. Cenk Uygur and John Iadarola (Think Tank), hosts of the The Young Turks, break it down. Tell us what you think in the comment section below.

"Florida legislators want to make it harder to convict you.

Not only that, if you escape conviction, they want to give you up to $200,000 for your trouble.

In a bizarre, dangerous and costly new expansion to the NRA-backed "stand your ground law," GOP legislators want to increase the burden of proof on prosecutors trying to convict anyone who claims self-defense.

In the old days, if you shot or beat someone with a baseball bat, you had to prove you had a good reason for doing so.”*


http://crooksandliars.com/2015/10/florida-goes-wrong-direction-gun-issue

[Nuclear Unicorn]

1. Interestingly, the article ends with this thought --

Of course, if you're a woman who shoots into the air because you fear your domestic partner's advance on you, don't count on even getting a Stand Your Ground hearing.

Many here would see that same woman sent to prison not only for firing into the air to ward-off a known domestic abuser but would also would send her to prison just for owning a gun. I wonder what the author of the article thinks should be legislated to protect her right to defend herself.

[Crunchy Frog]

5. From what I've seen on this forum, it's mostly the 2A types

who would defend sending that woman to prison, while everyone else is outraged. The 2A types will endlessly lecture on the evils of "warning shots", as opposed to shooting to kill, and argue that conviction and imprisonment is justified. This is what I have personally observed here.

I've not seen anyone here who would send her to prison for simply owning a gun under current laws. Yes, some people would like to see the laws change, but pretty much everyone knows that owning firearms is currently legal.

[LiberalArkie]

2. Can you "stand your ground" when the opposing person is wearing a tea-party shirt or

a GOP shirt? This could get interesting.

[marmar]

3. :)

[Liberal_in_LA]

4. Crazy law