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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I still believe that no one had to get shot here.  A fist fight doesn't have to escalate to murder.  It's manslaughter at the very least.[/quote]

While I totally agree with your point, in Florida, apparently, the rule is that a fist fight CAN end in the death of one combatant, and it's not a crime/not a murder.  That't the lunacy of this "stand your ground" law.  If someone is hitting you, you get to shoot and kill them.  So, if TM started the fist fight and GZ killed him in the course of that fight, GZ is innocent (or not guilty).

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I'm still trying to understand the "stand your ground law".  If someone accidentally knocks on your door, can you shoot them and say you were standing your ground with no other provocation?  When there was that road rage incident on Rockville Pike a few years ago and the person shot the other driver, if this was Florida instead of MD, would the shooter not be charged because he was standing his ground?   I'm just trying to understand where the line is being drawn between it being the wild west and someone looked at you funny so you draw your weapon versus a situation like the mom in Oklahoma with someone trying to break into her house.[/quote]

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