STAND YOUR GROUND LAW

STAND YOUR GROUND LAW…REPEALED?  IF SO --WHY?

In the United States of America, stand-your-ground law states that a person may justifiably use force in self-defense when there is reasonable belief of an unlawful threat, without an obligation to retreat first.  According to a NY Times study, researchers who've studied the effect of the laws have found that states with a stand your ground law have more homicides than states without such laws.  The study showed that there are 500 to 700 more homicides per year across the 23 states, as a result of the stand-your-ground laws. There are about 14,000 homicides annually in the United States as a whole.  Every person had a right to defend themselves if they feel their life is threatened by any means they can.  However, because the law is there doesn’t give any person a license to kill.