POLL: Do You Think Massachusetts Should Adopt the Stand Your Ground Gun Law?
A local legislator had proposed a stand your ground gun bill before the law got national attention last week.
State Sen. Stephen M. Brewer, D-Barre, had proposed a stand your ground gun, self-defense law. The law, which was passed in 2005 in Florida and is also in 21 other states, "would allow for all civil and criminal liability from people who use deadly force against their attackers in public, and it frees them from having to first try to escape the situation," according to the Boston Herald. This bill was proposed four months ago by Brewer, before the attack on Trayvon Martin, a 17-year-old boy who was apparently shot and killed by George Zimmerman, who was part of a neighborhood watch and claims he shot Martin in self defense. Florida police officials have not charged Zimmerman in the shooting death because he invoked the rights under the …
Paul Bishop
2:00 pm on Thursday, March 29, 2012
Chris, I've survived just fine thanks.. and done so in Greenbush Flats with friends. And yes.. it IS the brave thing to do. Deadly force when it is anything other than absolutely necessary is the ultimate expression of cowardice. more ›