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3. Due, apparently, to the DC shooting.

Thu Sep 19, 2013, 12:43 AM

Sep 2013

Durbin postpones 'stand your ground' gun law hearing after D.C. shooting

By Liz Goodwin, Yahoo News | Yahoo News – Mon, Sep 16, 2013

Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., has postponed a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on “stand your ground” self-defense gun laws slated for Tuesday morning in the wake of Monday’s shooting at the nearby Navy Yard complex that’s left at least 13 dead, included the suspected gunman.

The mothers of two slain teens and experts who are both for and against gun control were scheduled to testify about the controversial laws, which sparked a national debate after the shooting of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin in Sanford, Fla. Sybrina Fulton, Martin’s mother and a vocal opponent of "stand your ground" laws, was slated to be one of the witnesses at the hearing.

The hearing has not yet been rescheduled.

http://news.yahoo.com/durbin-postpones--stand-your-ground--gun-law-hearing-after-d-c--shooting-225202977.html

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"Senate Postpones "Stand Your Ground" Hearing; Study Ties Law to Jump in Justified Homicides" [View all] applegrove Sep 2013 OP

The federal Senate was going to have a hearing on "Stand Your Ground" laws? ManiacJoe Sep 2013 #1

Was news to me too. applegrove Sep 2013 #2

Due, apparently, to the DC shooting. NYC_SKP Sep 2013 #3

Thanks for the info. Now that we know applegrove Sep 2013 #5

Trayvon's mom will appear before congress. NYC_SKP Sep 2013 #6

Glad Trayvon‘s mom has a role to play in applegrove Sep 2013 #7

Well of course it does. That's the point jberryhill Sep 2013 #4