Posted on Jul 28, 2021
Fatal 2015 shooting of Tampa Navy SEAL tests ‘stand your ground’ defense
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The current and previous Hillsborough County state attorneys decided not to seek criminal charges in the fatal shooting of a Navy SEAL, citing the stand your ground law, but the judge in the family’s lawsuit offered a different opinion that set up another debate about the statute.
Tim Martin was 37 when he was killed outside The SoHo Backyard in South Tampa on November 29, 2015 after a fight over a girl with the restaurant’s co-owner Jeffrey Glenn.
Tim Martin was 37 when he was killed outside The SoHo Backyard in South Tampa on November 29, 2015 after a fight over a girl with the restaurant’s co-owner Jeffrey Glenn.
Fatal 2015 shooting of Tampa Navy SEAL tests ‘stand your ground’ defense
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Firearms and Guns
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The main problem with "stand your ground" laws is that absent video or eyewitnesses, the shooter can claim almost anything as a justification after the fact.
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why is it that someone almost always goes and gets a gun? if there were no weapons involved in the initial altercation and if there were no threats made (and there might have been), a gun is not needed. just walk away. both sides. do away with "stand your ground". make it so that you have a duty to retreat if possible. obviously the bar owner had this opportunity and did just that. he should have stopped there
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Stand your ground is as it was written a positive application of self defense. The shooter in this case lost a fight, walked away, over 100 feet and retrieved a firearm, then walked back towards the other party. That is NOT stand your ground, that is I'm pissed I lost the fight so I will escalate it to where I win. Candy Ass DA to not take this to court.
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