Jordan Davis is killed & another statistic for the 'Stand Your Ground Law'...
It saddens me to have to bring you news on more killings but you have the right to be informed. Black Friday will never have the traditional meaning for one mother and a dad, who lost their one and...
View ArticleStand Your Ground law needs serious revision or repeal
The evidence continues to pile up: When people carry guns in public, someone is apt to get killed. Someone else is apt to go to jail. Lives are likely to be destroyed. The more people who are packing...
View ArticleFather of slain Florida teen steps into 'Stand Your Ground' battle
JACKSONVILLE, Florida (Reuters) - Now that the father of 17-year-old Jordan Davis has buried his son, he is turning his grief and anger over the high school student's shooting death into a crusade...
View ArticleFather of teen in loud music slaying speaks out
The father of a Florida teenager allegedly shot to death over loud music is vowing to fight the state's Stand Your Ground law. Ron Davis's 17-year-old son was killed last month in Jacksonville. A...
View ArticleSCLC calls for repeal of Stand Your Ground in light of Jacksonville case
Friday, leaders of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference joined with the father of slain 17-year-old Jordan Davis to call for repeal of Florida’s Stand Your Ground law. The number of...
View ArticleJordan Davis Shooting: Charges Upgraded To First Degree Murder In Slaying Of...
This undated photo provided by the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office shows Michael David Dunn, 45, who is charged with murder and attempted murder in the Nov. 23 shooting death of 17-year-old Jordan...
View ArticleCharges Stepped Up in Florida Killing of Youth
The man accused of shooting and killing a 17-year-old student in Jacksonville after an argument over loud music is now being charged with first-degree murder. Related Another Shooting May Test Florida...
View ArticleZimmerman judge will decide stand your ground claim later in shovel fight
SANFORD – A Casselberry man who claims he was lawfully standing his ground when he walloped his neighbor in the back of the head with a shovel will have to wait to find out whether a judge believes...
View ArticleFlorida editorial roundup
Recent editorials from Florida newspapers: Dec. 6 The Florida Times-Union, Jacksonville, on the state Stand Your Ground law: The more people who are packing heat, the more likely that minor...
View ArticleDefendant in Jacksonville teen's shooting death pleads not guilty
The 36-year-old Satellite Beach man indicted last week in the first-degree murder of 17-year-old Jordan Davis entered a plea of not guilty during his Monday morning arraignment in a Duval County...
View ArticleJordan Davis is killed & another statistic for ‘Stand Your Ground Law’ Pt. II
Have you read Pt. I of this story? Take a little time to review the facts. CNN reports that Dunn told authorities that he had asked the teens to turn down loud music from their vehicle adjacent to...
View ArticleCharges upgraded to 1st degree murder in shooting of Florida teen
* High school junior was shot and killed in Jacksonville * Arraignment set for Dec. 17 By Susan Cooper Eastman...
View ArticleDemocrat files bill to limit Florida ‘stand your ground’ law
Armed citizens would not be able to automatically cite “stand your ground” protections if they provoke or pursue their assailants following confrontations, under a bill filed Wednesday by the Florida...
View ArticleTrayvon Martin's mother, other speakers at a Jacksonville gathering, call for...
On the day after a shocking tragedy in Newtown, Conn., Sybrina Fulton, the mother of Trayvon Martin, said it is time for America to re-examine its attitude toward guns. “No matter what color a child...
View ArticleGeorge Zimmerman judge denies 'stand your ground' in unrelated case
SANFORD – The judge in the George Zimmerman murder case today rejected the "stand your ground" claim of a Casselberry man in an unrelated case who was arrested for whacking his neighbor in the head...
View ArticleFla. senator files 'stand your ground' revision
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - The state Senate's Democratic leader has filed a bill revising Florida's "stand your ground law" following the Trayvon Martin shooting. Sen. Chris Smith of Fort Lauderdale said on...
View ArticleClay man wins Stand Your Ground claim in murder charge, gets new trial
It started over a $35 debt. What followed was a shooting in which a Clay County man was killed and a teenage girl was shot. Then there was a conviction, a 40-year sentence, two conviction reversals and...
View ArticleTrayvon Martin's mother, others at Jacksonville event call for an end to gun...
On the day after a shocking tragedy in Newtown, Conn., Sybrina Fulton, the mother of Trayvon Martin, said it is time for America to re-examine its attitude toward guns. “No matter what color a child...
View ArticleIn Reply: Stand Your Ground law is working well for citizens
By: Drew Brunson A recent editorial misrepresented the Florida statute titled “Justifiable Use of Force” commonly called the “Stand Your Ground” law. The editorial ignored the actual wording of the...
View ArticleFlorida nears 1 million permits for concealed weapons
TALLAHASSEE, Florida (Reuters) - The number of active concealed weapons licenses in Florida, already home to more owners of such registered weapons than any other U.S. state, is expected to reach the 1...
View ArticleWest Palm Beach attorney, failed judicial candidate invokes state’s ‘Stand...
Three-time failed judicial candidate Ken Lemoine is using the state’s controversial Stand Your Ground law to argue that he was within his rights when he punched a 17-year-old along Flagler Drive in...
View ArticleFlorida pizza parlor shooters says he was protected by 'Stand Your Ground'
A Florida man says he was protected by the state's controversial "Stand Your Ground" law when he shot another man in a pizza parlor who was complaining that his food was taking too long. Michael Jock,...
View ArticleCandles, prayers in gathering to commemorate Jordan Davis
About 75 people carried candles and prayed Saturday night in memory of Jordan Davis, the Wolfson High School student fatally shot last month outside a Southside Jacksonville convenience store. The...
View ArticleClay man wins Stand Your Ground claim in murder charge, now gets new trial
It started over a $35 debt. What followed was a shooting in which a Clay County man was killed and a teenage girl was shot. Then there was a conviction, a 40-year sentence, two conviction reversals...
View ArticleGeorge Zimmerman Sues NBC Over Edited 911 Tape
George Zimmerman is suing NBC over its editing of a 911 tape, claiming that the network made him sound like a "racist and predatory villain." On Thursday, Zimmerman filed a complaint alleging, “NBC...
View ArticleGeorge Zimmerman judge to hear 'stand your ground' claim in unrelated case
On the eve of another court date for second-degree murder defendant George Zimmerman, his judge this morning will hear another defendant's claim to immunity from prosecution under Florida's "stand...
View ArticleFort Lauderdale senator files 'stand your ground' revision
TALLAHASSEE -- The state Senate's Democratic leader has filed a bill revising Florida's "stand your ground law" following the Trayvon Martin shooting. Sen. Chris...
View ArticlePizza-place shooter cites ‘stand your ground’ against complaining customer
ST. PETERSBURG -- Florida's controversial "stand your ground" law has been cited in hundreds of cases. People have used it to justify shooting, stabbing, killing and maiming would-be intruders,...
View ArticleConnecticut massacre thrusts Michigan gun bills — and tea party — into...
LANSING, Mich. — Days after setting off a national uproar by barring unions from collecting mandatory dues, Republican legislators here moved on to another controversy: A series of bills loosening gun...
View ArticleFlorida's gun laws in plain English
Much as they did after Hurricane Sandy, political groups and various media outlets rushed to politicize the horrific slaughter at Sandy Hook Elementary School. Granting those left behind a mere moment...
View ArticleTrayvon Martin murder suspect wants GPS monitor removed
SANFORD, Florida (Reuters) - Accused murderer George Zimmerman will ask a Florida judge on Tuesday to let him remove his GPS monitoring device and travel freely within the state pending his June 2013...
View ArticleCharges upgraded to first degree murder in shooting of Florida teen
JACKSONVILLE, Florida (Reuters) - A grand jury indicted a Florida man for first degree murder on Thursday in the shooting death of an unarmed, black high school student last month after an argument...
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