Stand Your Ground

Man Acquitted After Testifying Shooting Self Defense

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) _ A man who tried to have the murder charge against him thrown out under South Carolina's so-called ``stand your ground'' law has been acquitted during a trial

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) _ A man who tried to have the murder charge against him thrown out under South Carolina’s so-called “stand your ground” law has been acquitted during a trial. The Post and Courier of Charleston reports that a Charleston County jury acquitted 31-year-old Dustin Backman on Wednesday. Backman had been charged with murder in the shooting death of…

Jeb Bush Confronted About Trayvon Martin and ‘Stand Your Ground’ Law

(ABC News) — As President Obama unveiled his executive actions on gun control Tuesday, Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush was having his own firefight. Bush was participating in a primary series hosted by the Greater Derry Chamber of Commerce in New Hampshire when a female attendee asked what he would do about gun proliferation and how he would reduce gun violence….