Stand Your Ground on Self-Defense

[Geee]

American Spectator:

There’s a strategy and consistency in the statements by President Obama and his administration in the aftermath of the verdict that freed George Zimmerman. Whether it’s Attorney General Holder attacking thirty states’ “stand your ground” laws, the president saying he “could have been” Trayvon Martin thirty five years ago, or HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius saying that opponents of Obamacare are racists, it’s the same play out of the same Obama playbook.

The three statements are different, but all have the same objective: to prevent an electoral disaster in 2014 for the Democrats. Let’s take them in reverse chronological order.

Obama’s Friday remarks were divisive, not — as the Washington Post and other liberal media are saying — some effort to bring calm. Obama made his usual effort to sound reasonable, saying that the trial was conducted in a professional manner, the defense and prosecution made their arguments and the jury rendered a verdict. “That’s how our system works,” he said.

[Draggingtree]

25Jul

Eric Holder: White people have a duty to retreat

 

By: DrJohn

 

In the wake of the George Zimmerman verdict, Eric Holder addressed the NAACP. During his speech he denounced “stand your ground” laws.

 

“There has always been a legal defense for using deadly force if — and the ‘if’ is important — if no safe retreat is available. But we must examine laws that take this further by eliminating the common sense and age-old requirement that people who feel threatened have a duty to retreat, outside their home, if they can do so safely.

 

By allowing — and perhaps encouraging — violent situations to escalate in public — such laws undermine public safety. The list of resulting tragedies is long and, unfortunately, has victimized too many who are innocent.

 

“It is our collective obligation. We must ‘stand our ground’ to ensure that our laws reduce violence and take a hard look at laws that contribute to more violence than they prevent.” http://floppingaces.net/2013/07/25/eric-holder-white-people-have-a-duty-to-retreat/

[SrWoodchuck]

A steaming cup of progressive crapola. I respond with an equally steaming cup of STFU.....sweetened with 2nd Amendment sugar....

 

Colorado judge refuses to block recall elections over gun control votes

 

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/07/18/colorado-judge-refuses-to-block-recall-elections-over-gun-control-votes/

 

Sheriffs Sue over Colorado Gun Control: ‘This Is Our Alamo’

 

http://www.ammoland.com/2013/07/sheriffs-sue-over-colorado-gun-control-this-is-our-alamo/#axzz2aBGElWOi

[Pepper]

@Draggingtree

 

"“There has always been a legal defense for using deadly force if — and the ‘if’ is important — if no safe retreat is available. But we must examine laws that take this further by eliminating the common sense and age-old requirement that people who feel threatened have a duty to retreat, outside their home, if they can do so safely." - Holder

 

Holder only reverts to common sense and age old requirements when it suits his purpose. Ask him how he feels about our age old Constitution.

[Draggingtree]

SHOCKING VIDEO – TX WOMAN STANDS HER GROUND AND SHOOTS KNIFE-WIELDING ASSAILANT

July 26, 2013 // By: Joe Calandra Jr.

If your friends are asking you why you support Stand Your Ground Laws, show them this video from Houston’s KHOU 11 News.

Here’s footage from a gas station surveillance camera that shows a violent knife assault in progress.

http://youtu.be/7DH8gkcvOQ8

http://www.libertynews.com/2013/07/shocking-video-tx-woman-stands-her-ground-and-shoots-knife-wielding-assailant/

[Draggingtree]

http://youtu.be/T1NoQgCNNJE