By expanding the realm in which violent acts can be committed with the justification of self-defense, 'stand your ground' laws have negatively affected public health and undermined...
There are many victims when it comes to 'stand your ground' laws.
Innocent children--children--killed in the name of self-defense, when in neither instance was there evidence of aggressi...
I have deep concerns about the expansion of self-defense laws, the proliferation of guns, the weakening of gun laws, and...
I urge other States that have 'stand your ground' laws to revisit them as well.
I have never believed that allowing more guns will mean less gun violence.
I, for one, believe we should stand with the innocent against aggressors.
New concealed-carry laws and 'shoot first' laws are a recipe for more dead sons and daughters.
It is clearly time for 'stand your ground' laws to be carefully reviewed and reconsidered.
I want to thank this panel for the testimony and once again thank Ms. Fulton and Ms. McBath.
Mr. Zimmerman's acquittal was made possible because Florida's 'stand your ground' laws and its concealed weapons laws co...