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How can stand your ground law not have been part of the trial when the words Stand Your Ground were part of the judges instructions to the jury.
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George Zimmerman was a 'self defense' case. He was in a position where he could not exit and he feared for bodily harm, he used his weapon as his only means to fight back. A 'stand your ground' defense means the shooter has an exit but has decided to stand his ground against a hostile person and uses his weapon to defend himself rather than flee.
As far as concealed weapons permits in Florida, I believe there is about 900,000 of those out of 17 million people, so that's about 1 in every 20 citizens. One thing I have noticed about Florida, do you remember any school, theater, mall or workplace mass shootings like we see in other states? Especially states that have stricter laws like Connecticut, Arizona, California, Colorado, etc. I think that most lunatics actually have a plan of action, it's been shown for everyone of them. When they do their planning, they do realize that besides police, that in Florida there may be many other weapons they'll be going up against.