Letter: It takes courage to refrain from using deadly force

Robert Kirby’s July 27 column is spot-on. “Stand your ground” is idiotic. And the Florida case could have happened just as easily here.I understand the concept — after all, real men never back down. Tell that to the thousands of police officers who are man (or woman) enough to do it every day. I am a 6-foot-5-inch, 250-pound man. I am in a profession that has put me in the path of angry individuals over 80,000 times in 40 or so years. I have been hit, spat on, sworn at an