Monday, November 28, 2016

"Stand Your Ground" Results

It's been eleven years since Florida passed the “Stand Your Ground” law. A new study in JAMA Internal Medicine found that killings across the state increased by nearly a quarter over the next decade, “the implementation of Florida’s stand your ground law was associated with a 24.4% increase in homicide and a 31.6% increase in firearm-related homicide.”

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