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Making the case that the 'Stand Your Ground Law' does not shield George Zimmerman from prosecution under Florida law.

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Obdicut (Now with 2% less brain)3/24/2012 3:39:24 pm PDT

re: #26 Daniel Ballard

It should be clear enough now why I believe what I wrote.

It really, really isn’t. At no point, at all, have you stated why you think exiting the truck put Zimmerman outside the bounds of the law. You’ve asserted it, but not with reference to the actual law itself. Apparently, you’re referencing something that’s not ‘explicit in the language’.

The problem is that the bill is quite specific in it’s language; the law protects Zimmerman as long as he was allowed to be in the place where he was, and, pursuant to what the Phantom Flea above posted, his pursuit ‘provoked’ the ‘attack’ by Trayvon. If that was judged to be so, then that would be semi-absurd— anyone would then be allowed to attack anyone that followed them. And, again, if you are armed, you can make a reasonable case that someone trying to disarm you had deadly intentions.