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Originally Posted by CMANN
If I understand you correctly, you are against people defending themselves. You want the killer punished even if it was self-defense. What is not to like about the law. It is good for the good guy and bad for thebad guy. What if it were you?
All the SYG law does is to prevent prosecution if it is believed to be self-defense and to protect the defender from civil suit if it was a lawful killing.
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I posted some links but stated no opinion about defending oneself. Look at the Florida SYG law. It is so poorly written that it could be used to justify murder. If a neighbor had a heated argument with another neighbor and a gun was handy just such an incident could occur.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stand-your-ground_law
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