Jump to content

Obama Supports Stand Your Ground Law.


Tonik

Recommended Posts

  • 4 weeks later...

That's a really good article, with the exception that it's entire premise is flawed.

 

A "Stand Your Ground" law is a pretty specific self-defense law.  It is one in which grants immunity to a person who kills or injures in self-defense without attempting to evade or retreat. 

 

The flaw in the argument is that Illinois has no such law.  The "Stand Your Ground" that the rightwing blog refers to is not a Stand Your Ground law at all and the the clause that then-Senator Obama supported was not related to criminal immunity.   The clause he supported protected a person who defended himself for civil suits brought on by the criminal.  It has nothing to do with "Stand Your Ground" or immunity from criminal prosecution.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.

Guest
Reply to this topic...

×   Pasted as rich text.   Paste as plain text instead

  Only 75 emoji are allowed.

×   Your link has been automatically embedded.   Display as a link instead

×   Your previous content has been restored.   Clear editor

×   You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL.

×
×
  • Create New...