John Oliver had a lot of stupid things to say about "Stand Your Ground" laws. We pick them apart one by one. Pope Tony Fauci had his biggest COVID flip-flop to date, and this one proves Donald Trump RIGHT! Also, another example of how Gretchen Whitmer is a horrible governor.

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JOHN OLIVER STAND YOUR GROUND REBUTTAL

• John Oliver had a segment opposing "Stand Your Ground" laws. SOURCE: YouTube
• "Stand your ground" is not only about guns. It is a law stating, "Stand Your Ground: No duty to retreat from the situation before resorting to deadly force; not limited to your home, place of work, etc." SOURCE: FindLaw
  • It's one of three main laws. The alternatives are:
    • Castle Doctrine: if a defendant is in his home, he is not required to retreat prior to using deadly force in self-defense. (some states include a place of work and occupied vehicles). SOURCE: Cornell Law
    • Duty to Retreat: requires a person as a first response to back away or flee from a threatening situation rather than attempt self-defense by deadly force. SOURCE: Dictionary.com
• In NON-stand your ground states or countries, people defending their own families or properties have been charged with murder.
  • In 2014, 25-year-old Youssef Abdelgawad of Huntington Station, NY was arrested and charged with manslaughter for defending his mother's home during an attempted burglary. SOURCE: LongIsland.Com
  • In 2018, 78-year-old Richard Osborn-Brooks of the UK was arrested for stabbing an intruder who was already wanted by police for a separate burglary. SOURCE: Guardian
  • In 2010, firearms instructor Ian Thomson of Canada was initially charged with four offenses after defending his home from intruders. SOURCE: Huffington Post
• Many states are either Duty to Retreat states or Castle Doctrine states. SOURCES: World Population Review, Reason
  • 23 States with Castle Doctrine laws.
  • 15 states with Duty to Retreat laws.
  • 8 states have both. SOURCE: Reason
• 70% of Floridians who use the Stand Your Ground Law defense go free, John Oliver says. He thinks that's horrifying.
  • 76,000 of violent California inmates have been re-released into the state. SOURCE: The Center Square
  • Just two months after Bill de Blasio eliminated cash bail in New York City, 482 people released under the new law committed 846 new crimes. SOURCE: Politico
    • COMPARE TO RISING CRIME:
      • NYC
        • SHOOTINGS up 97% from 2019. SOURCE: NYC.gov
        • HOMICIDES up 44% from 2019.
        • BURGLARIES up 42% from 2019.
      • MINNEAPOLIS
        • HOMICIDES up 70% from 2019. SOURCE: MN.gov
        • ROBBERIES up 46.6% from 2019.
      • ARSON UP 69.5% from 2019.
      • PORTLAND
        • SHOOTINGS up 129% from 2019. SOURCE: KOIN
        • HOMICIDES up 52.8% from 2019. SOURCES: OregonLive, OregonLive
• Since 1994, gun ownership has gone up 38%, and handgun ownership is up 71%. SOURCE: Guardian
• Concealed carry has gone up 621% from 2.7 million permits in 1999 to 19.4 million in 2020. SOURCES: SSRN, SSRN
• But violent crime has constantly gone down, with the exception of the BLM surge of 2020. SOURCE: Statista
• Compare California to Florida:
  • CA: Only 92,000 concealed carry permits and 4.3 violent crimes per one thousand residents. SOURCES: GunsToCarry, PPIC
  • FL: 1.3 million concealed carry permits (only required to register concealed carry, meaning there are probably way more guns in the state) and 3.7 violent crimes per one thousand residents. SOURCES: AJC, Neighborhood Scout
• In 2018, nearly half of ALL federal crimes occurred at the Southern Border. SOURCE: Justice.gov
• Regarding the Joe Horn story. SOURCE: ABC
  • The two burglars were illegal immigrants from Columbia.
  • Horn went outside after he saw one of the burglars leave with a bag of cash and jewelry.
  • Horn went outside to confront the burglars and ordered them to stop before shooting.
  • Horn's attorney Tom Lambright told ABC News the two burglars charged Horn, causing him to fear for his life.
  • A grand jury failed to indict Horn.

ANTHONY FAUCI'S WORST FLIP FLOP TO DATE

• Anthony Fauci said he's 'not convinced' COVID-19 developed naturally and called for further investigation. SOURCE: Poynter
• But on May 5th, he told Politico: "The overwhelming likelihood, Fauci said, is that the virus passed from bat to human, via another species, as SARS and MERS did, rather than leaking from a lab." SOURCE: Politico
• He also fought Rand Paul over this less than two weeks ago. SOURCE: YouTube
• Donald Trump claimed that it could have started in a lab a year ago. SOURCE: Twitter
• Fauci undercut Trump in a National Geographic Interview. SOURCES: NatGeo, CNN, CBS
• America's trust in Fauci has eroded by 42% in one year. SOURCE: Trafalgar

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