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Barack Obama Co-Sponsored a "Stand
Your Ground" bill as a U.S. Senator-Truth!
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Summary of the
eRumor: This is a Facebook posting
that alleged that President Obama, while serving in the U.S. Senate,
co-sponsored a "stand your ground"
bill.
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The Truth: According to a July 22, 2013 article by the Washington Times, then Senator
Barack Obama co-sponsored SB-2386 that amended the Illinois Criminal Code of
1961.
The text of the bill said, "Provides that it is an affirmative defense to a violation of a municipal
ordinance that prohibits, regulates or restricts the private ownership of
firearms if the individual who is charged with the violation used the firearm in
an act of self-defense or defense of another. Effective immediately.”
"Stand your ground laws" exist in 22 U.S. states and have become
controversial after a Florida jury acquitted George Zimmerman. Zimmerman was
charged with the second degree murder of Trayvon Martin after an altercation on
the streets of Sanford, Florida on February 26, 2012.
The Facebook post
appeared on the fan page of ForAmerica,
a traditional values group chaired by L. Brent Bozell of the Media Research
Center.
Posted 7/24/13
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