Sen. Chris Smith Starts Own Task Force on Stand Your Ground Law

Florida Sen. Chris Smith, D-Fort Lauderdale, declaring the state doesn't have time to wait for Gov. Rick Scott's task force on the Stand Your Ground law to be named, has created his own task force.

Smith said he is moving forward on his own as people have expressed concern about visiting Florida due to the national media attention given the Stand Your Ground law in the Feb. 26 shooting of Trayvon Martin in Sanford.

"We will not sit around and wait for action," Smith said.

"The Florida brand is being portrayed in a negative light each and every day on all of the networks."

Smith's task force is scheduled to meet April 5 in Fort Lauderdale at the Broward County Library.

Members of his group including Fort Lauderdale Police Chief Frank Adderly, Broward County State Attorney Mike Satz and U.S. Attorney Dan Gelber, all Democrats.