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'Stand your ground' laws empower armed citizens to defend property with violence – a simple mistake can get you shot, or killed

By Caroline Light, Senior Lecturer on Studies of Women, Gender, and Sexuality, Harvard University
Laws shielding from prosecution those who kill and maim citing self-defense have spread across the states and may be fueling a ‘shoot now, think later’ mindset among homeowners.The Conversation


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