Stand Your Ground Law

I believe that all citizens should be allowed the “Stand Your Ground” law for self-defense from harmful threats around the U.S. Crime rates in the U.S. have been rising over the last couple of years. Many people do not know how to protect themselves from a threat. Many are too scared to as they could get in serious trouble if the threat is not posing a threat to them. State legislative bodies have been pushing to expand self-defense laws in the U.S. In recent years this law has only applied to citizens who were defending themselves against threats. Now, Legislators have been discussing the ‘Stand Your Ground’ law and it has now been put into the law books in almost half of the states, and have even been discussed in European nations.
United States overturned the manslaughter charge on Mr. Babe Beard, after Mr. Beard had shot and killed Will Jones after a disagreement with Will and his two brothers on Mr. Beard's property. Before the shooting there has been threats from the Jones brothers on Mr. Beard, soon after the threats Jones walked onto Beard’s property with an angry manner with a concealed knife in his hand. Beard had warned Jones to stop coming closer and further onto his property but Jones had ignored him, thus led to Beard protecting himself by shooting Jones. In 1921 a well provided case on self-defense was introduced. In Brown v. United States a man was found guilty for a murder on his co-worker. The defendant was standing at a desk working as the co-worker approached him slowing holding a knife in their hand. The defendant had retreated to his desk for safety as the co-worker was still in pursuit. Knowing he had kept a gun in his desk for reasons other than something like this., the defendant grabbed his gun and in self-defense shot the attacker. The Supreme Court stated that the defendant did not have a safe place to retreat to. This is what the “Stand Your Ground” law is based off