Understanding 'Stand Your Ground'
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- Published on Wednesday, 18 April 2012 09:18
Florida's self-defense law is not lenient by national standards.
WSJ 18 April 2012
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304432704577350010609562008.html?mod=rss_opinion_main
For many kids in Detroit, school zones are danger zones
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- Published on Monday, 16 April 2012 08:30
Detroit Free Press 15 April 2012
In the dim early morning, Shantinique Skinner slips out the side door of her house and heads to school before the sun rises. The 18-year-old walks past a stretch of bungalows and colonials on her block, only three vacant homes stand between her house and the corner. The next block has 11 abandoned houses. The blocks after that even more.
Florida stand your ground law was born of 2004 case
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- Published on Monday, 16 April 2012 08:29
but story has been distorted
St Petersburg Times April 14, 2012
Is gun control dead?
WaPo Adam Winkler, April 13 2012
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/is-gun-control-dead/2012/04/13/gIQAQTEgFT_story.html?hpid=z7
via crime report
Most Americans back gun lobby, right to use deadly force
Chicago Tribune April 13, 2012
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-rt-us-usa-guns-pollbre83c0g4-20120413,0,4388539.story
via crime report
NRA is restless despite its political clout
NRA members are so worried about President Obama that they are rooting for Mitt Romney, who once supported stiff gun restrictions.
Los Angeles Times April 13, 2012
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-0413-nra-20120413,0,6892657.story
NRA Official Attacks Florida Shooting Coverage
NYT 14 April 2012
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/15/us/nra-criticizes-trayvon-martin-media-coverage.html?_r=2&ref=us
Republicans and the Gun Lobby
NYT 13 April 2012
Romney Assures NRA of Support for Gun Rights
NYT 13 April 2012
Stand your ground the rule in state, courts affirm
SF Chronicle Sunday, April 15, 2012
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2012/04/15/BA2J1O3418.DTL
Trayvon Martin shooting spurs protests against companies with ties to legislative group
WaPo April 13, 2012
via crime report
Trayvon Martin story found the media
WaPo April 13, 1012
via crime report
Tense talk on what's best fit for Colorado child-welfare watchdog
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- Published on Thursday, 12 April 2012 08:27
The Denver Post 11 April 2012
http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_20376848/tense-talk-whats-best-fit-colorado-child-welfare
A tense discussion Wednesday centered on whether Colorado's child-welfare watchdog — in office roughly a year — should be moved from under the control of the state Department of Human Services. The issue sparked a back-and-forth between the woman heading the child-protection ombudsman's office, who questioned whether she could effectively work in the current setup, and the head of the state Human Services Department, who said the office has not fulfilled its obligations. When the unit was initially established, the same debate was carried out. On one side were legislators who pushed to make the office truly independent of the Department of Human Services. On the other were state officials, including then-Gov. Bill Ritter, who believed it should be established within the department.
NRA Influence Seen in Expansion of Self-Defense Laws
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- Published on Thursday, 12 April 2012 08:25
NYT 12 April 2012
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/13/us/nra-campaign-leads-to-expanded-self-defense-laws.html?_r=1&hp
via the crime report
No one had yet heard of a Florida teenager named Trayvon Martin when a group of Wisconsin Republicans got together last year to discuss expanding a self-defense bill before the State Legislature.