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Barack Obama: And for those who, who resist that idea that we should think about something like the stand your ground laws, I just ask…

On the recordJuly 18, 2013
And for those who, who resist that idea that we should think about something like the stand your ground laws, I just ask people to consider if Trayvon Martin was of age and armed, could he have stood his ground on that sidewalk?
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Obama poses a rhetorical question about Trayvon Martin's potential response if he had been armed.

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