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Stand-your-ground gun bill revived in Ohio

Lawmakers in the Ohio Legislature have revived a stand-your-ground gun bill that would allow gun owners to use deadly force in self-defense and eliminate the duty to retreat before using force.

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Black gun owners’ complicated history with ‘stand your ground’ laws

Harvard historian Caroline Light has written a new book on the history of "stand your ground" laws in America, which in part deals with the complex relationship African Americans have had with those laws, including black gun owners.

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Jamie Foxx leads Trayvon Martin Rally (VIDEO)

Oscar-award winning actor Jamie Foxx attended a Trayvon Martin rally over the weekend to remember the Florida teen who was fatally shot by a neighborhood watch volunteer on Feb. 26, 2012.

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EDITORIAL: Ignorance of Stand Your Ground means Anti-gun Ammunition

"During the Zimmerman trial, the gun-control cabal was quick to exploit the average citizen’s lack of knowledge of self defense law and they quite successful at creating an emotionally misleading narrative. The thing is, the trial is over and this nonsense is still going on..."

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Trayvon Martin Case: Defense uncovers controversial photos of slain teen (VIDEO)

Defense attorneys for George Zimmerman unveiled new evidence in the Trayvon Martin case that may call into question the slain teen's character.

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Florida Permit Holder stands his ground with first successful Stand-Your-Ground Defense

Last May in the waning hours of some late-night-Saturday/early-morning-Sunday revelry, the streets of Newtown, Florida played host to a dramatic display of gunfire which left Patrick Barbour, 24, and the man who pulled the trigger, Alphonse Gallo, 35, sitting in Sarasota County Jail, grappling w

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