Media Fearmongers Over Utah’s ‘Stand Your Ground’ Proposal

By Tom Knighton

For better or worse, people trust the media to give them relevant information. People who want to be informed on what is going on in the world look to the news media to relay accurate information, even in opinion pieces. After all, while people are entitled to their own opinions, they’re not entitled to their own facts.

Yet reporter Lee Davidson is apparently using his own facts when he fearmongers over Utah’s Stand Your Ground proposal in the Salt Lake Tribune.

Despite concerns that it could lead to extra violence against minorities, a bill advanced Wednesday to beef up Utah’s “stand your ground” law — which allows people to defend themselves with force without the need to retreat, even if possible.

Such a law helped George Zimmerman escape a murder conviction in the 2012 Florida shooting of Treyvon Martin, a black teenager returning to his home from a store. The incident sparked protests nationwide, and brought new focus to such laws.

Except that Florida’s “Stand Your Ground” law was never once brought up at Zimmerman’s trial.

You see, “Stand Your Ground” laws only apply in the event of you being able to retreat from an attack. Trayvon Martin was on top of …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms