Do Trans People Have “Stand Your Ground” Rights? Wyoming’s Answer May Be “No.” [More]
“May be” or “is”?
That’s what we have trials for.
Why do I have the feeling we’re not getting the whole story here?
Maybe because phrases like “people disproportionately targeted for harassment and violence” misdirect on who’s doing the abuse, something the gun prohibitionists don’t seem to want to point out.
[Via Michael G]
Slate chooses perversely to present this contrast as the difference between how “the law” protects the rights of white people over the rights of trans people… when in reality, it merely demonstrates the difference between a the respect of “the law in a red state” for a right that “the law in a blue state” prefers to hamper and hamstring whenever possible.