ACTION DIARY: Florida state senator who voted for the Stand Your Ground law regrets vote and now calls on the governor to hold a special session on SYG law. Support the Dream Defenders by donating, sharing on Facebook or Twitter (they use #TakeoverFlorida, Kossacks also use #kt2). Follow the Support the Dream Defenders group here. Join in, participate, share and like and tip and rec. It all matters.
Les Miller led the Democrats in the Florida state Senate back in 2005, when the Stand Your Ground law was passed -- unanimously in the Senate, 39-0, and with many Democrats voting for it in the state House, 94-20. Miller now regrets this vote, and explained yesterday in the Tampa Bay Times...well, honestly, gave the usual excuses is more like it. They didn't understand it. They relied on the advice of staffers and lawyers. They ignored warnings and defeated attempts to modify the law. And then, because they would be 'soft on crime' otherwise, they voted for Stand Your Ground.
Regrets are one thing, but now Les Miller is calling on the governor to hold a special session on the law. Florida needs more than a focus on the law. As the Dream Defenders have stated, the legislature needs to repeal Stand Your Ground.
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