The Trayvon Williams case is a golden opportunity to undermine the Florida concealed carry laws (disturbing to Liberals) and “stand your ground” concept. While Jeb Bush is on an “apology” tour for signing “stand your ground” you might be interested in this citation from the website www.guncite.com:
“In 1987, when Florida enacted such legislation, critics warned that the “Sunshine State” would become the “Gunshine State.” Contrary to their predictions, homicide rates dropped faster than the national average. Further, through 1997, only one permit holder out of the over 350,000 permits issued, was convicted of homicide. (Source: Kleck, Gary Targeting Guns: Firearms and Their Control, p 370. Walter de Gruyter, Inc., New York, 1997.) If the rest of the country behaved as Florida’s permit holders did, the U.S. would have the lowest homicide rate in the world.”
Make that Trayvon Martin.