"F.O.A.D." wrote in message
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I think Zimmerman went looking for trouble and found it. He has an
interesting arrest record as a thug, and apparently he was either
carrying his piece or went back to the truck to get it, then chased
the
kid down and maybe the kid said, "**** you," so hot-headed Zimmerman
shot him.

Luckily for Zimmerman, I'm not on the jury, eh?

I'm more interested in stand your ground laws outside the house being
****canned than I am in the specific outcome of this case. It's bad
law,
reminiscent of the tales about the Old West.

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I don't think you necessarily need to have a "stand your ground"
statute on the books. Self defense is self defense. The only part
of stand your ground that is unique is the lack of a requirement to
retreat if subject to a assault or likelyhood of an assault. If you
consider the Zimmerman case, even with the "stand your ground"
statute, he's still on trial for 2nd degree murder. I would expect
that in any state, with or without a "stand your ground" law you
would be subject to prosecution in a case involving deadly force and
found innocent if it was determined to be self defense. In many
situations that I've read about no charges were even filed against
someone who used deadly force in a situation that was obviously and
blatantly self defense. What ****es me off sometimes though is that
the families of the perp often file a wrongful death civil suit and
win. If it was self defense, it was self defense.