Tuesday, July 24, 2018

Not "Stand Your Ground"

In Clearwater, Florida the other day, two men got in an argument over a handicapped parking spot. One man pushed the other violently to the ground, and appeared to be walking away. Whereupon the man on the ground pulled out a gun and shot the other man to death, only shooting him in the front because the man appeared to be turning to say something. The Sheriff says he will not arrest this man because of Florida’s “stand your ground law.” That is just WRONG. There is NO WAY this is a “stand your ground” situation. The pusher was walking away and did not appear to be further threatening the killer. It’s a clear case of cold blooded murder. How the sheriff twisted things to make this ruling is a mystery to me. The unfortunate thing is that this gives the anti-gun fools just what they want. They will cite this case forever. Hopefully, prosecutors will take a more reasonable view of this obvious murder. The killer had previously threatened the victim, which the sheriff apparently did not take into consideration. This situation is NOT what the “stand your ground law” was meant to be. Pushing a man to the ground and walking away should NOT be worthy of a death sentence, especially not right in front of the man’s young boy, only 5. (Eyewitness News)

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