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GA: “Stand Your Ground” Law facing mayoral scrutiny
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Mark A. Taff
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Stockbridge Mayor Anthony Ford was one of ten Georgia mayors who signed a letter sent last month to state legislatures urging that they take action to repeal the state’s “stand your ground” law.
City spokesperson Shana Thornton told the Times that Ford acted independently on the issue and did not confer with the City Council or any city officials. She also furnished the following statement from the mayor: |
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PHORTO
(7/10/2020)
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Not only no, but HELL no. |
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For, in principle, there is no difference between a law prohibiting the wearing of concealed arms, and a law forbidding the wearing such as are exposed; and if the former be unconstitutional, the latter must be so likewise. But it should not be forgotten, that it is not only a part of the right that is secured by the constitution; it is the right entire and complete, as it existed at the adoption of the constitution; and if any portion of that right be impaired, immaterial how small the part may be, and immaterial the order of time at which it be done, it is equally forbidden by the constitution. [Bliss vs. Commonwealth, 12 Ky. (2 Litt.) 90, at 92, and 93, 13 Am. Dec. 251 (1822) |
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