re: #63 Daniel Ballard

You do not want the entire stand your ground law removed? Sorry I misunderstood you.

I AM saying that we should toss out the ‘stand your ground’ law. I am NOT saying we should toss out all the rights to self defense. There is no way of making a stand your ground law that won’t be prone to this form of abuse.

The existing self-defense law without the need for retreat is still open to abuse anyway, but at a lower rate. But it is possible Zimmerman might have successfully pled to self-defense without a stand-your-ground law, by claiming Trayvon attempted to grab his gun.

Which is why I was saying that I think that pursuit while armed— acting like a cop— should not be legal.

Do you think it should be legal to pursue someone while armed in the manner Zimmerman did, and if so, why?