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(7,981 posts) Fri Mar 30, 2012, 10:05 PM Mar 2012

Patrick vows to veto 'stand your ground' [View all]

Source: Berkshire Eagle

BOSTON -- Gov. Deval Patrick is vowing to veto a bill that would create a so-called stand your ground law in Massachusetts.

More than two dozen state lawmakers are backing the bill, which mirrors the law at the heart of the debate over the killing of an unarmed black teenager in Florida by a neighborhood watch captain.

State Sen. Stephen Brewer has sponsored the bill for the past five years. The Barre Democrat said his main goal is to protect individuals who defend themselves in public from criminal and civil penalties.

Massachusetts residents already have the right to defend themselves if they’re attacked inside their homes.

Read more: http://www.berkshireeagle.com/ci_20287223/patrick-vows-veto-stand-your-ground

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Patrick vows to veto 'stand your ground' [View all] SecularMotion Mar 2012 OP

Stand your ground is of limited usefulness when you are restricted to buying geckosfeet Mar 2012 #1

Please explain, I know little of "the roster" or why it is "job killing state sponsored extortion." Dragonfli Mar 2012 #5

The state maintains a "roster" - the list of guns that dealers can sell. geckosfeet Mar 2012 #12

Thank you for the response, I understand you much better now. Dragonfli Mar 2012 #13

Perhaps I did overstate the extortion anagle. But it is important to not understate it as well. geckosfeet Mar 2012 #14

SYG is an invitation for sociopaths to commit murder and get away with it. Warren Stupidity Mar 2012 #17

Massachusetts has a very low rate of gun fatalities MannyGoldstein Mar 2012 #2

They also have a very low rate of non-gun fatalities. krispos42 Mar 2012 #10

The roads in Boston are a riot MannyGoldstein Mar 2012 #15

I'm convinced that everybody there stays there... krispos42 Mar 2012 #18

Is that why pangaia Apr 2012 #22

I know little of Mass. politics, but I am relieved to hear this Dragonfli Mar 2012 #3

does this actually have a chance of even getting to his desk ? JI7 Mar 2012 #4

Not if only "two dozen" supporters are found in the Congress. Fearless Mar 2012 #7

"The Barre Democrat"??!! KamaAina Mar 2012 #6

Barre is Western MA MannyGoldstein Mar 2012 #16

Barre's actually Central MA, which is different from Western and Eastern MA. Arkana Apr 2012 #24

Good news. The law does not work in many situations. JDPriestly Mar 2012 #8

a sane governor. yea! roguevalley Mar 2012 #9

I hope that he stands his ground on this. grantcart Mar 2012 #11

Backlash jpak Mar 2012 #19

Voters should stand their ground Herlong Mar 2012 #20

Good. Fuck the NRA. nt onehandle Mar 2012 #21

Jesus fuck, Brewer's my senator and he's pushing this. Arkana Apr 2012 #23