Howard Goodman: Gov. Rick Scott’s task force, convening to review Florida’s expansive self-defense law, looks all set to fire blanks.

Howard Goodman: Stand Your Ground has been invoked following bar fights, gang shootings and road-road incidents.

Howard Goodman: Almost three weeks have gone by since a teenager lay dead on a Sanford pathway with nothing more lethal in his pockets than a bag of Skittles — and local authorities have not brought charges against the neighborhood watch leader who shot him.