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Alea

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6. I read the change in the Bill and don't see the problem
Sat Jun 10, 2017, 12:44 PM
Jun 2017

It seems like it adds an extra measure of scrutiny to determine whether the stand your ground defense can be used. I'm all for stand your ground, but I'm against using it as a defense for killing when the situation does not warrant use of deadly force. Doesn't this change make it easier to expose someone using SYG when it's not a valid defense? Seems it would help prosecute cases where SYG was used but not warranted, or help exonerate someone using SYG when it is warranted.

Sorry but I'm just not seeing a negative side to this change. Some people don't like SYG period. Some people think when a persons death by criminal lottery number comes up you should lay down and take it like a sheep. Everyone deserves the right to self defense. No criminal deserves the right to kill or attempt to kill without the intended victim having the right to defend them self with deadly force. That said, this change to the Bill should actually make it harder to abuse the SYG defense, not make it easier to use. Isn't that better for both sides?

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