Abolish Stand Your Ground
Abolish Stand Your Ground
An eye for an eye will only make the whole world blind said by famous peacemaker Mahatma Gandhi. This law has caused people to kill first instead of trying to avoid conflict. If we don’t change the logistics of this law then we won’t know which side of the law that we stand on. The law is supposed to solve problems, not create them. Laws should provide as much clarity as possible, not expand racism and discrimination. Laws should always bring about the practical results their promoters claim they’ll achieve. This law should help to bring us together as nation not tear us apart. This law should be abolished and buried. In the United States, stand-your-ground law states that an individual has no duty to retreat from any place they have lawful right to be and may use any level of force, including lethal, if they reasonably believe they face an imminent and immediate threat of serious bodily harm or death. Anyone that’s being violated or assaulted against their will and is threatened for their life can use this law. In order to present a case in court one must you have to be able to present a strong case and have evidence to defend yourself. Not all states use or possess this law, but there are a lot that do. Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, and West Virginia are all the states that have the law in their state. There are a lot of states that use the law, but Florida has recently had the most problems occur with this law. Between the Trayvon Martin trial and Jordan Davis trial both instances where “stand your ground” took place.
We really have to question ourselves is the George Zimmerman way the American way? We are not all bad people, but with all of these gun laws and opportunities that we have we can
An eye for an eye will only make the whole world blind said by famous peacemaker Mahatma Gandhi. This law has caused people to kill first instead of trying to avoid conflict. If we don’t change the logistics of this law then we won’t know which side of the law that we stand on. The law is supposed to solve problems, not create them. Laws should provide as much clarity as possible, not expand racism and discrimination. Laws should always bring about the practical results their promoters claim they’ll achieve. This law should help to bring us together as nation not tear us apart. This law should be abolished and buried. In the United States, stand-your-ground law states that an individual has no duty to retreat from any place they have lawful right to be and may use any level of force, including lethal, if they reasonably believe they face an imminent and immediate threat of serious bodily harm or death. Anyone that’s being violated or assaulted against their will and is threatened for their life can use this law. In order to present a case in court one must you have to be able to present a strong case and have evidence to defend yourself. Not all states use or possess this law, but there are a lot that do. Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, and West Virginia are all the states that have the law in their state. There are a lot of states that use the law, but Florida has recently had the most problems occur with this law. Between the Trayvon Martin trial and Jordan Davis trial both instances where “stand your ground” took place.
We really have to question ourselves is the George Zimmerman way the American way? We are not all bad people, but with all of these gun laws and opportunities that we have we can
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