Ernst
Well-Known Member
Another tragedy in Florida
This has got to stop.
What happened to leaving people alone and just get what you came for at the store?
Looks like it's okay to just pull a Gun and fire away at a car full.
This has got to stop.
What happened to leaving people alone and just get what you came for at the store?
Looks like it's okay to just pull a Gun and fire away at a car full.
Dear Ernst,
It happened again. Last week, an unarmed African-American teenager was shot and killed in Florida by a person claiming self defense because he "felt threatened."
Seventeen-year-old Jordan Russell Davis and three of his friends were listening to music in their car parked outside a convenience store in Jacksonville, Florida. Michael Dunn pulled up next to them and asked the group of teens to turn down the music.
We don't know exactly what happened next. A confrontation ensued, and 45-year-old Dunn allegedly took out a gun and shot eight or nine times into the teenagers car. Dunn's attorney has claimed that the teenagers had a shotgun in the car, but Jacksonville police said no weapon was found in the car.
What we do know is that Jordan was shot and killed.
And we know that Dunn, who was arrested and charged with murder, has pled not guilty on the grounds that he acted in justifiable self-defense as defined by Floridas controversial Shoot First law.
Everyday arguments should not turn into armed conflicts in which teenagers are killed -- and for which killers can go unpunished. Tell the Florida Legislature that the Shoot First law must be repealed or substantially reformed.
As Lt. Rob Schoonover of the Jacksonville Sheriffs Office said, Jordans friends admitted their music was loud, but, I mean thats not a reason for someone to open fire on them.
Jordan was killed less than two weeks after the Florida Governors Task Force reviewing the states Shoot First law issued its report to the legislature. The Task Force ignored the dangerous effects of the law and recommended only minor changes to the statute.
If we let the Task Forces recommendations stand as the final word, well only see more senseless violence and more innocent teenagers shot to death.

Tell Florida legislators to make real reforms to the Shoot First law that will prevent needless deaths.
Lets act now and make sure no one can use this dangerous law to escape responsibility for gunning people down.
Sincerely,
Ginny Simmons
Director, Second Chance Campaign
