Gun Control & RKBA
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Its understandable if unfortunate that the controversy surrounding the killing of Trayvon Martin has polarized the country along both racial and ideological lines. But there is one issue that should not have any racial connotations: the urgency of repealing Stand Your Ground laws.
And leave it to New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg to speak the blunt truth about why these laws are dangerous and why the National Rifle Association keeps pushing them anyway.
In reality, Bloomberg said in a speech before the National Press Club last week, the NRAs leaders werent interested in public safety. They were interested in promoting a culture where people take the law into their own hands and face no consequences for it. Lets call that by its real name: vigilantism.
full: http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/why-the-nra-pushes-stand-your-ground/2012/04/15/gIQAL458JT_story.html