US News & World Report
by Elizabeth Flock
July 17, 2013

Gun owners and conservatives are up in arms over Attorney General Eric Holder's denouncement of "Stand Your Ground" laws, in particular his line about a "duty to retreat."

"There has always been a legal defense for using deadly force if – and the 'if' is important – no safe retreat is available," Holder said Tuesday at an annual NAACP convention in Orlando. "But we must examine laws that take this further by eliminating the common sense and age-old requirement that people who feel threatened have a duty to retreat."

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http://www.usnews.com/news/blogs/washing...to-retreat-line

Eric Holder and Obama are both frustrated that Americans are armed. They could care less whether we can defend our lives, our homes, or any where if we're threatened by intruders or criminals intent on killing us.
Just goes to show common sense does not prevail in their way of thinking.

Quote: Olivia wrote in post #2

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Eric Holder and Obama are both frustrated that Americans are armed. They could care less whether we can defend our lives, our homes, or any where if we're threatened by intruders or criminals intent on killing us.
Just goes to show common sense does not prevail in their way of thinking.

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Quote: conservgramma wrote in post #3

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Quote: Olivia wrote in post #2

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Eric Holder and Obama are both frustrated that Americans are armed. They could care less whether we can defend our lives, our homes, or any where if we're threatened by intruders or criminals intent on killing us.
Just goes to show common sense does not prevail in their way of thinking.

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While all of the above is true, I would humbly suggest that they do show a great deal of common sense in trying to disarm the people.

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Americans need to wake up.

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I wonder where Holder would have expected Zimmerman to retreat to as he lay on the side walk getting his head bashed in.