Not that this will come as a surprise to anyone.

Via The Hill:

House Democrats warned Sunday that the George Zimmerman’s acquittal on murder charges in the shooting of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin sets a dangerous precedent for protection under “stand-your-ground” laws.

Speaking on CNN’s State of the Union, Reps. Raul Grijalva (D-Ariz.) and Chaka Fattah (D-Pa.) said they were worried that the ruling in Florida would embolden others to act accordingly.

“You empower individual citizens to basically take the law into their own hands,” Grijalva said, adding that he supported calls for the U.S. Justice Department to level federal civil rights charges against Zimmerman.

On February 26 of last year, Zimmerman, 29, followed Martin through a Sanford Florida neighborhood and shot him to death following a brief struggle.

Fattah faulted Zimmerman’s jury for declining to convict him on even lesser charges.