The "stand your ground" law was political, as are the lax gun laws, and the issues of race that have propelled this case to international news. The law is already politicized.
Here’s a rundown of the states with laws like the one in Florida, where there’s no duty to retreat in public and where, self-defense claims have some immunity in court.
From microwave energy blasters and blinding laser beams to chemical agents and deafening sonic blasters, these weapons are at the cutting edge of crowd control.
If Americans were ever presented with the real bill for the total U.S. national security budget, it would actually add up to more than $1.2 trillion a year.
In the world of venture capitalism, there has been a race going on between greens on the one hand and guns and garrisons on the other -- and the guns are winning.
George Bush wants to sell $20 billion in high-tech military equipment to Saudi Arabia -- the source of most of the financing, and 15 of the 19 hijackers, for the Sept. 11th terrorist attacks.
Frida Berrigan, TomDispatch.com. January 13, 2007.
The Armed Forces can't adequately equip those already in uniform, but the Pentagon is committing itself to massive corporate contracts for new high-tech weapons systems slated to come on-line decades from now.
