Comments on: Stand Your Ground http://overlawyered.com/2006/03/stand-your-ground/ Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Tue, 14 Feb 2012 06:39:32 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: deoxy http://overlawyered.com/2006/03/stand-your-ground/comment-page-1/#comment-2447 deoxy Wed, 22 Mar 2006 09:59:03 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/wpblog/?p=3237#comment-2447 "...leads to the conclusion that the Brady Center's claims are unmerited." It is awfully polite of you to actually bother to find evidence that "the Brady Center's claims are unmerited." Most people who have been paying any attention no longer expend the effort, as it's like looking for evidence that the Earth is round. “…leads to the conclusion that the Brady Center’s claims are unmerited.”

It is awfully polite of you to actually bother to find evidence that “the Brady Center’s claims are unmerited.” Most people who have been paying any attention no longer expend the effort, as it’s like looking for evidence that the Earth is round.

]]> By: Tom http://overlawyered.com/2006/03/stand-your-ground/comment-page-1/#comment-2446 Tom Tue, 21 Mar 2006 21:07:20 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/wpblog/?p=3237#comment-2446 The Florida stand your ground movement was prompted in part by the real threat of prosecution for using a firearm in self defense. A number of people were charged with serious crimes by overzealous anti-gun state attorneys following assertion of their right of self defense. I was among the lucky ones who could afford a decent defense attorney to defeat the charges. Some defendants without resources were coerced into a guilty plea to avoid a long prison sentence. The Florida stand your ground movement was prompted in part by the real threat of prosecution for using a firearm in self defense. A number of people were charged with serious crimes by overzealous anti-gun state attorneys following assertion of their right of self defense. I was among the lucky ones who could afford a decent defense attorney to defeat the charges. Some defendants without resources were coerced into a guilty plea to avoid a long prison sentence.

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