Trayvon Ma Takes Aim At ‘Stand Your Ground’ Laws

In a video timed to coincide with Mother’s Day weekend, more about the mother of slain teenager Trayvon Martin urged people around the country to push for new scrutiny of “stand your ground” self-defense laws like those in Florida and about two dozen other states.

George Zimmerman, pilule the neighborhood-watch volunteer who fatally shot the unarmed 17-year-old, treatment was not arrested for weeks after the Feb. 26 confrontation because he invoked the Florida law that does not require a person to retreat in the face of a serious threat.

Florida Gov. Rick Scott has convened a task force to decide whether the law needs changes in the aftermath of Martin’s shooting.

Trayvon’s mother, Sybrina Fulton, said in the video that other states should follow suit, noting that thousands of mothers lose children every year to gun violence.-[source]