{"id":2096,"date":"2012-07-17T21:30:21","date_gmt":"2012-07-18T01:30:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/?p=2096"},"modified":"2012-07-17T17:33:04","modified_gmt":"2012-07-17T21:33:04","slug":"majority-supports-stand-your-ground","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/?p=2096","title":{"rendered":"Majority Supports Stand Your Ground"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_2114\" style=\"width: 298px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tampabay.com\/news\/courts\/criminal\/article1239481.ece\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2114\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2114  \" title=\"NA_356877_came_sygP_230974c\" src=\"http:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/NA_356877_came_sygP_230974c.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"288\" height=\"192\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/NA_356877_came_sygP_230974c.jpg 450w, https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/NA_356877_came_sygP_230974c-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 288px) 100vw, 288px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2114\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Erroneous Graphic in Tampa Bay Times<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a title=\"Mason-Dixon, Inc.\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mason-dixon.com\/Mason-Dixon\/ABOUT.html\">Mason-Dixon Polling and Research, Inc.<\/a> conducted a telephone poll of 800 register voters across Florida from July 9, 2012 through July 11, 2012.\u00a0 One of the questions involved Florida\u2019s Stand Your Ground law.\u00a0 Overwhelmingly, the voters polled supported Stand Your Ground.\u00a0 It is interesting to see how the support and opposition are divided by gender, race, and region in the percentages.\u00a0 Below are the results from Mason-Dixon:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Question:\u00a0 Florida\u2019s \u201cStand Your Ground\u201d law states that a person is justified in the use of deadly force to defend themselves if they reasonably believe that such force is necessary to prevent imminent death, great bodily harm, or to prevent the commission of a forcible felony.\u00a0 A citizen has no duty to retreat and if it is determined that their use of force was justified they are immune from criminal prosecution and civil action.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The \u201cStand Your Ground\u201d law does not apply if the victim initially provokes the use of force or if they are involved in a felony crime.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Do you support or oppose keeping Florida\u2019s \u201cStand Your Ground\u201d law as it is currently written?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>(If \u201cOPPOSED\u201d or \u201cNOT SURE\u201d)\u00a0 Do you feel Florida\u2019s \u201cStand Your Ground\u201d law should be modified to permit its use in fewer situations, or do you feel the law should be repealed in its entirety?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>FLORIDA \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 SUPPORT\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 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27%\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 31%\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 38%\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 4%<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Hispanic\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 59%\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a019%\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 15%\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 7%<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>PARTY\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 SUPPORT\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 MODIFY\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 REPEAL\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 NOT SURE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Democrat\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 47%\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a023%\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 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Zimmerman in a situation where the two were involved in a <\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>physical struggle.\u00a0 Zimmerman claims he was defending himself from <\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>imminent physical harm or death under the state\u2019s \u201cStand Your Ground\u201d <\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>law, while a special state prosecutor disagrees and has charged <\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Zimmerman with second-degree murder. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Based upon what you have read or heard about the case, do you feel <\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Zimmerman was or was not legitimately defending himself under the <\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>\u201cStand Your Ground\u201d law? <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> FLORIDA\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 WAS\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 WAS NOT\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 NOT SURE 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