Stand Your Ground Laws

(AP) -- Despite an outcry from civil rights groups, a call for close examination by President Barack Obama, and even a 1960s-style sit-in at the Florida governor’s office, the jury’s verdict that George Zimmerman was justified in shooting unarmed teenager Trayvon Martin is unlikely to spur change to any of the nation’s stand-your-ground s ...

  By GREG BLUESTEIN (Associated Press)The shooting death of Trayvon Martin "hoodie" church services, calls for lawmakers to strengthen gun laws and gatherings to...