Is Jeb Bush's Stand Your Ground Law working as intended; Letting White guys get away with killing Blacks?

Question

The GOP's 'Stand Your Ground' Problem
Jeb Bush is learning that these laws repel minority voters.

In 2005, Florida Republican Gov. Jeb Bush signed the NRA-backed "stand your ground" law, calling it “a good, common-sense, anti-crime issue."

Nine years later, two grieving mothers, Sybrina Fulton and Lucia McBath, are asking if this law allowed their unarmed black teenage sons to be shot to death by white strangers. And this does not bode well for a Republican Party that’s making noises about appealing to minority voters and eyeing Jeb Bush for 2016.
http://www.usnews.com/opinion/blogs/laura-chapin/2014/02/18/jeb-bush-and-the-gop-have-a-stand-your-ground-gun-law-problem

Answer 1

no the reason behind it to allow whites to murder blacks with impunity, it working well if that is what you want. Florida the state of injustice

Answer 2

Seriously, why do Liberals have such a problem with Stand Your Ground laws.



Some states require a person to flee if that option is available, before being able to defend themselves with lethal force. Some states have passed Stand Your Ground laws that say you don't have to flee.



That's it.



Stand Your Ground had nothing to do with Fulton's and McBath's sons being murdered.

Answer 3

Another lib spreading lies. Here. I'll fix it.



Blacks make up 16.6 percent of Florida's population but account for 31 percent of the defendants invoking the stand your ground defense. Black defendants who invoke this statute are actually acquitted 8 percentage points more frequently than whites who use this very same defense. About 69 percent of blacks raising the stand your Ground defense were not convicted compared to 62 percent of whites.

Answer 4

The Trayvon Martin case had nothing to do with stand your ground



Thumb downers should research first

Answer 5

I wish we could talk about Stand Your Ground and not mention a word about race.



I don't think Stand Your Ground is necessary because

A) we already have self-defense laws, and

B) it encourages vigilantism.



It's a bad idea because it encourages violence by removing the "Duty to Retreat" clause that self-defense laws have.

Answer 6

Ol' Jeb signed it but ALEC wrote it. http://www.thenation.com/blog/166978/how-alec-took-floridas-license-kill-law-national

Answer 7

Actually I think that was the original intent. So it's working perfectly.

Answer 8

If that is the way it works they should have started it years ago, don't you agree?

Answer 9

it is creating a lot of problems