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Incoming Senate Democratic Leader Audrey Gibson Signs Letter to Poll Special Session on Stand Your Ground

Posted on August 3, 2018

Incoming Senate Democratic Leader Audrey Gibson (D-Jacksonville) issued the following statement after submitting her petition to call the Legislature into special session to address problems with the “Stand Your Ground” law:

“Today I signed a letter to Secretary of State Ken Detzner to poll members of the Legislature for a special session to amend or repeal the ‘Stand Your Ground’ provisions in Chapter 776, Florida Statutes.

“I signed the letter because a little boy watched his father shot, and then die, after defending his mother from an irate man. The current statute has enabled murderous behavior, subjective interpretation, and questionable application by a sheriff, allowing an individual to potentially exact another murder in the same fashion as he roams free,” Senator Gibson said.

“This presents a public safety hazard and is counter to the protections that should be afforded to all Floridians. While the Governor has the power to act through a Declaration of a State of Emergency in matters of public safety, his silence on Markeis McGlockton’s murder is clear indication that he is ignoring public safety and will do nothing.”

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