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July 14, 2013, MSNBC, Disrupt with Karen Finney -- Shannon Watts, Lisa Graves, and Ken Padowitz join Karen Finney to talk about how the debate over "stand your ground" laws fits into the larger, national debate on gun control and gun violence in America.
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July 15, 2013, Democracy Now! -- The secretive right-wing American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) has used its network of money and influence to push for more pro-gun state laws like Florida's "Stand Your Ground" law, which initially helped shield George Zimmerman from prosecution for the Trayvon Martin killing and was later used in the jury instructions at his trial. We discuss ALEC and the "Stand Your Ground" laws with Lisa Graves, executive director of the Center for Media and Democracy, and publisher of PRWatch.org and ALECExposed.org.
CMD exposed ALEC's role in spreading extreme gun laws and other damaging public policies to state houses across the land. Since the launch of ALEC Exposed, 49 ALEC funders have decided to dump ALEC -- including some of the largest firms in the world such as General Motors and Wal-Mart. Send a note to the remaining ALEC funders and tell them it's time to do the same.
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