Posted on 03/22/2012 8:23:58 PM PDT by AZ .44 MAG
News 4 Tucson Online Poll Florida's "Stand Your Ground" law has sparked a national debate after a Florida man shot and killed an unarmed African-American teenager, claiming self-defense. Arizona has a similar law on the books. Do you think Arizona should consider revising this law? Yes, before something like that happens here. No, the law is fine as it is.
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Florida's "Stand Your Ground" law has sparked a national debate after a Florida man shot and killed an unarmed African-American teenager, claiming self-defense. Arizona has a similar law on the books. Do you think Arizona should consider revising this law?
Yes, before something like that happens here. 54 votes 42.2%
No, the law is fine as it is. 74 votes 57.8%
Yeah, right. Change an Arizona law based on an isolated incident a thousand miles away in a different state.
Nope.
The anti-gun lobby is working this one for all they can. Even so, it’s 3 to 1 against changing the law.
Thanks for your help. This thread went nowhere and I’m pretty sure the effort to change the law in AZ will have similar success.
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