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Holder speaks out against Stand Your Ground



"Florida's already-controversial Stand Your Ground law garnered a new critic Tuesday: U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder.

Speaking at the NAACP’s annual convention in Orlando, Holder said the time had come “to question laws that senselessly expand the concept of self-defense and sow dangerous conflict in our neighborhoods.”

“By allowing and perhaps encouraging violent situations to escalate in public, such laws undermine public safety,” Holder said

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What a ridiculous red herring. Pundit after Pundit, not to mention the Zimmerman legal team, have explained there is NO connection between the Trayvon Martin Murder Case and Florida's Stand Your Ground Statute.

Obama himself, just couldn't resist politicizing yet another tragedy as he found a way to insert the issue of gun control back into the mix in his post verdict criticisms of the case;

"The death of Trayvon Martin was a tragedy. Not just for his family, or for any one community, but for America. I know this case has elicited strong passions. And in the wake of the verdict, I know those passions may be running even higher. But we are a nation of laws, and a jury has spoken. I now ask every American to respect the call for calm reflection from two parents who lost their young son. And as we do, we should ask ourselves if we’re doing all we can to widen the circle of compassion and understanding in our own communities. We should ask ourselves if we’re doing all we can to stem the tide of gun violence that claims too many lives across this country on a daily basis. We should ask ourselves, as individuals and as a society, how we can prevent future tragedies like this. As citizens, that’s a job for all of us. That’s the way to honor Trayvon Martin."

I'd say Zimmerman is relatively safe from a DOJ prosecution. It's the rest of us that need to worry. The liberal gun zealots will get some kind of legislative control enacted out of all this. My fear is an attack on the right of self defense. That would mean you'd likely have to eat a bullet before you wouldn't be charged with murder or manslaughter. We got to vote these bozos out!