Persuasive Essay On Stand Your Ground Law

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“Stand Your Ground” laws were made to protect individuals and their communities by giving them the right to bear arms. People in favor of keeping the laws help reduce crime, while individuals against these laws think that the laws should be removed because they actually do the opposite of the law’s intended purpose. The “Stand Your Ground” laws should not be implemented because they harm and individual’s attempt to be responsible for his or her community because the laws can be used as an excuse for people to commit a gun-related crime, plus racism is still an issue. It is very common for people to use the “Stand Your Ground” laws as an excuse for them to commit a murder or injure someone badly. “The doctrine of self-defense was never intended to protect individuals who stalk or pursue victims and then resort to deadly force when their victims fight back,” former NAACB leader, Benjamin Jealous said. Individuals could use …show more content…

Jealous also notes, “When white shooters kill black victims, nearly 36 percent of the resulting homicides are deemed justifiable yet when black shooters kill white victims, only 3 percent were ruled justifiable.” Jurors and/or judges somewhat prejudice against different races. This means that some white individual might get away with murdering someone using the laws in their side, while a black individual might not. An in-depth case file of the Trayvon Martin case says, “Zimmerman pulled a gun from a holster on his waist and shot Martin… Zimmerman claimed self-defense and was found not guilty…” Zimmerman was able to successfully get away with murdering Martin thanks to these laws that have caused people from specific races to be biased towards people of their own race. In this case Zimmerman was white while Martin was black. The fact that people still look down upon other races is a reality that makes these laws almost

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