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Old 07-16-2013, 06:11 PM
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Dunn asked them to turn their music down, and after an exchange of words, he fired between 8 and 9 shots at the vehicle, several of which hit Davis, causing his death.
If true, he will be guilty. Mere words are never* enough to enable the use of lethal self-defense.

*Absent extremely unusual circumstances (such threatening a blind man with extreme and imminent harm and he knows facts regarding the threatener's extreme propensity for violence), there must be an overt physical act to enable the use of self-defense.

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Dunn’s self-defense claim falls under Florida’s "Stand Your Ground" law, which was the same claim used in the defense of George Zimmerman, the man accused of murdering 17-year-old Trayvon Martin earlier this year.
Bad journalism. This is incorrect.
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