GOP Reps Propose National “Stand Your Ground” Law

May 4, 2023 Politics, Republicans

Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz and Oklahoma Sen. Markwayne Mullin, both Republicans, are proposing a national “Stand Your Ground” law against attackers.

Gaetz caught up over the phone with Fox News Digital on Thursday about his and Mullin’s companion bills dropping the same day, with the Florida Republican saying the proposed law came out of his efforts in the Sunshine State legislature “after the Trayvon Martin death.”

“Since I serve on the Judiciary Committee, I’m going to be using that perch to inject my views on self-defense and extinguishing the duty to retreat in the various legislative proposals that the committee may consider,” Gaetz said.

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What Gaetz calls “the Trayvon Martin death” is what those of us here would consider murder. You may recall another Florida “stand your ground” case seen below. And definitely don’t risk ringing the wrong doorbell.

. @RepMattGaetz, @SenMullin introduce national ‘Stand Your Ground’ bills: ‘Legal duty to retreat’ helps attacker https://t.co/01lSXxLmO9

— Fox News (@FoxNews) May 4, 2023

He shot a man over tossed popcorn, prosecutors say.

His defense: Stand-your-ground.https://t.co/fxX4rTYKRT

— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) February 15, 2022

Curtis Reeves, a retired police captain who fatally shot a man in a movie theater eight years ago, has been acquitted https://t.co/Wy60e9i6cO

— CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) February 26, 2022

This child was shot picking up his siblings. Why? He went to the wrong address. Shot through the door and then again in the head to make sure he was down. The shooter, a white man claiming he was standing his ground. Bullshit. #racist #ItsTheGunsAndTheRepublicans #stopkillingkids pic.twitter.com/Qlux7eJml9

— ??️‍?Henry Amador-Batten (@AmadorBatten) April 16, 2023

Stand your ground laws do not mean you get to shoot people in the head who ring your doorbell

This person should be prosecuted#RalphYarl https://t.co/DPPTekUjLD

— Libertarian-In-Chief (@ToddHagopian) April 17, 2023

To quote Mayor @QuintonLucasKC ““If Stand Your Ground really lets somebody just shoot somebody that rings a doorbell,” he said, “that put the life of every postal worker, every campaigner, every Amazon delivery person at risk in this country.”” https://t.co/zOhAeCUL2t

— Megan Ranney MD MPH ? (@meganranney) April 18, 2023