Joy Reid.

"Since the law passed, the number of “justifiable homicides” in Florida has tripled, and the number of concealed-carry permits has ballooned to 1.5 million people. That’s one in 17 adults. Police organizations vociferously opposed the law, but their voices were nothing compared with Pistol-Packing Marion and her bottomless pocket full of ideas for laws that make carrying guns less legally risky for gun owners, and more risky for anyone unfortunate enough to freak them out.

Florida’s Stand Your Ground law, which altered the jury instructions in the George Zimmerman trial, has been used more than 200 times as an affirmative defense in murder trials. It has become the preferred defense of gang members, drug dealers, pissed-off neighbors, a kid who suspected someone of stealing his ATV and a 72-year-old who shot dead a Seventh Day Adventist who was behaving erratically in a parking lot."

There is a lot of very interesting information in the link.

Thanks for posting this, I appreciate it.

She has a long and active history getting to know about Florida politics.

"I’m quitting Florida tourism for now, because my conscience won’t let me travel to a state that I love, but where it’s not safe for my sons to walk the streets. In Florida, and 22 other states with similar laws, but particularly in Florida because of how Stand Your Ground was written, anyone who finds you threatening has a license to shoot you, based solely on the perception in their mind that you were threatening to hurt them. You don’t even have to actually hurt them. As long as a jury of as few as six people believe it was reasonable for them to fear you, they will walk...."

Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/07/24/3519323/joy-ann-reid-no-florida-trip-for.html#storylink=cpy

insight, I often learn something I didn't know before listening to her on a number of issues.

but got to know her during the 2003-04 campaign cycle. She's dedicated, thoughtful, and is a genuinely nice person to be around.
Now were Facebook friends and I'm happy for her success.

I'll figure out a way to watch MSNBC online.

She certainly has seemed to me to be as you describe her; thoughtful and genuine.

Thanks mia.

She is intelligent and informative. I enjoy listening to her views on MSNBC

I live here and believe me, a huge boycott would be doing us a favor by keeping this sick law in the forefront of the news.

She was supposed to fly to Tampa in the morning...