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Fla. task force to study ‘stand your ground’ law

Trayvon Martin case spurred move

By Jennifer Preston

 |  New York Times  

  April 20, 2012

Gov. Rick Scott of Florida on Thursday named the members of a task force that will examine the state’s gun’s laws, including the expansive and controversial Stand Your Ground law that has been cited in the Feb. 26 shooting death of Trayvon Martin.

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