Stand Your Ground Law Research Paper

“What has happened is the ‘Stand Your Ground’ Law has become so overarching that the definition has been lost. There’s a lot of people claiming ‘Stand Your Ground.’ Therefore, the “Stand Your Ground” Law is not seen as the purpose of it being made. The “Stand Your Ground” Law is a law that gives the person the right to protect or defend themselves when attacked or threatened. These past few years, innocent African Americans deaths have happened after the law was passed. The defendants claim they were threatened to get away with murders. Although the purpose of the ¨Stand Your Ground” Law is to keep individuals safe, it puts African Americans and innocent people to take unfair advantage of the law; therefore, the OCGA 16-3, 23.1 should be revised.
To start off, the stand your ground law causes people to fear for their lives. “In a ‘Stand Your Ground’ society, it makes …show more content…
“In a stand your ground world, other are a source of fear- a source of danger” (DeBrabander). As DeBrabander explains, the “Stand Your Ground” Law is another weapon, but on paper. This law is dangerous in society. This law makes people afraid to go outside by themselves. People are also afraid to even walk near another person. Since the “Stand Your Ground” Law was passed, so many deaths have happened causing people to fear that they may be next.
Furthermore, the stand your ground law allows people to use unnecessary deadly force. “It provides that any person may use deadly force when he or she reasonably believes that such force is necessary to prevent imminent death or great bodily harm to himself or herself of another” (Winkler). As Winkler explains, the “Stand Your Ground” Law makes people believe that if there is any reason they feel like they are threatened, use they should use deadly force. This has been another cause of the multiple unjustified deaths of innocent