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House Democrats said Tuesday they will offer an amendment to push to overturn stand-your-ground self-defense laws in states like Florida.

The amendment, which would withhold some grants from states that have such laws, will come as part of the House's debate on the Commerce Department spending bill.

"'Shoot-first' laws have already cost too many lives. In Florida alone, deaths due to self-defense have tripled since the law was enacted. Federal money shouldn't be spent supporting states with laws that endanger their own people," said Reps. Raul Grijalva of Arizona and Keith Ellison of Minnesota, the two Democrats who are offering the legislation. "This is no different than withholding transportation funds from states that don't enforce seat-belt laws."

VBshooter wrote:Was bound to happen,,Dems are not exactly the best in protecting individual rights and given a Soap Box will offer up any POS that will float..Screw them and the horse that the beat to death all the time..

"'Shoot-first' laws have already cost too many lives. In Florida alone, deaths due to self-defense have tripled since the law was enacted. Federal money shouldn't be spent supporting states with laws that endanger their own people," said Reps. Raul Grijalva of Arizona and Keith Ellison of Minnesota, the two Democrats who are offering the legislation.

A major proponent of the bill, Rep. Keith Ellison, a Minnesota Democrat, has said he will seek a debate later at a more appropriate time. He went on to say that shootings like those of Trayvon Martin demand action.

ShotgunBlast wrote:

A major proponent of the bill, Rep. Keith Ellison, a Minnesota Democrat, has said he will seek a debate later at a more appropriate time. He went on to say that shootings like those of Trayvon Martin demand action.

Talk about putting the cart before the horse. Zimmerman's trial hasn't even started. How foolish is this person going to be if Zimmerman comes out with a not guilty verdict?

WRW wrote:To a person of that mentality an innocent verdict would be irrelevant as, in his view, Zimmerman is guilty. There is no cart, no horse, no cause or effect. White/Black and Skittles is all he understands.

ShotgunBlast wrote:

A major proponent of the bill, Rep. Keith Ellison, a Minnesota Democrat, has said he will seek a debate later at a more appropriate time. He went on to say that shootings like those of Trayvon Martin demand action.

Talk about putting the cart before the horse. Zimmerman's trial hasn't even started. How foolish is this person going to be if Zimmerman comes out with a not guilty verdict?

FiremanBob wrote:If you have a Dem representative, you'll want to take action to get him to quash this:

Source: http://www.washingtontimes.com/blog/ins ... amendment/

House Democrats said Tuesday they will offer an amendment to push to overturn stand-your-ground self-defense laws in states like Florida.

The amendment, which would withhold some grants from states that have such laws, will come as part of the House's debate on the Commerce Department spending bill.

"'Shoot-first' laws have already cost too many lives. In Florida alone, deaths due to self-defense have tripled since the law was enacted. Federal money shouldn't be spent supporting states with laws that endanger their own people," said Reps. Raul Grijalva of Arizona and Keith Ellison of Minnesota, the two Democrats who are offering the legislation. "This is no different than withholding transportation funds from states that don't enforce seat-belt laws."