by Ray Newman, radio and television commentator, attorney, educator, author

Saturday, July 27, 2013

STAND YOUR GROUND

The Stand Your Ground laws found in over half the States is rooted in the fundamental right of self-defense: I have a right to use deadly force to protect myself when being unlawfully attacked, without having to retreat even if I could.  I am not obliged to leave a place where I am lawfully located.  I am not required to do anything possible to evade the unlawful assault being made against me.  I am not required to allow criminals to push me around.  I am not the villain.

Antagonists of Stand Your Ground laws are generally proponents of gun control laws and want to limit my right to use my weapon even when my life is threatened.  It is an attempt to shift the focus away from the criminal perpetrator, and to shift responsibility for a deadly outcome onto the innocent victim.  Why do they want to do that?  I'll leave that answer to you.


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