Two quick things: First, ‘Stand Your Ground’ laws don’t need defending. I think they are good and necessary laws. Second, we still don’t know that these laws even apply in the Zimmerman/Martin case. Be that as it may, liberals and activists and the Main Stream Media are trying to paint these [SYG for short] laws as solely the work of Republican law makers. Not true:

Despite liberal protesters’ claims that Florida’s so-called “stand your ground” gun law demonstrates that Republican policymakers are responsible for the February death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin, an analysis of its legislative history shows that it was a bipartisan effort — and that no Florida Democratic state senator voted against it.

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And of the 15 states that have passed variations of the law since 2005, the year Florida’s model legislation became law, eight — a majority — had Democratic governors when the laws were enacted. None issued a veto.

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The bills in Louisiana and West Virginia passed with Democratic control of both houses in the states’ legislatures, in 2006 and 2008, respectively.

Liberals, of course, never let facts get in the way of their version of the truth.

Related: NBC edits 911 call to play race card.

Update: Good editorial here by Paul Carpenter.