Did Florida's stand your ground law reduce violent crime? (PolitiFact)

[gejohnston]

12. SYG simply means no duty to retreat

when you safely can. Other than that, there is no difference from duty to retreat. That is simply the standard. There is no claiming "SYG", just the legal standard of the jurisdiction. IOW, SYG is relevant only when the defender can safely retreat and chooses not to. I watched the entire Zimmerman trial. The outcome would have been the same even under duty to retreat. Forensics and eye witnesses proved that Martin was sitting on Zimmerman pounding his head on the sidewalk and punching him in the face.
Most states are SYG as is the federal level, way before Florida put it in statute. Most of them are common law, jury instructions, but still SYG.
One thing I learned about the case, never believe the media or partisans. Go to the primary source and draw your own conclusions.
This guy explains it very well. A few things I disagree with him on. I don't know how a working class mixed race Hispanic renting a house in a failing development in a high crime area is "privileged", but I frankly think intersectionality and postmodernism is illiberal horse shit that the party needs to repudiate before being spanked at the polls again.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/7/17/1224515/-5-Myths-about-Stand-Your-Ground-Debunked