Georgia's Stand Your Ground law upends centuries of traditional self-defense doctrine and threatens public safety. It encourages armed vigilantism, allowing a person to kill another person in a public area even when they can clearly and safely walk away from the danger.
Stand Your Ground laws are associated with increases in gun homicides and injuries across different demographics and neighborhoods, while disproportionately impacting communities of color.
Send the letter below to your Georgia lawmakers telling them to repeal the state's racist and dangerous Stand Your Ground law >>
Dear Lawmaker,
As your constituent, I strongly urge you to support the recently filed bills to repeal Georgia's dangerous Stand Your Ground law.
Passed in 2006, Georgia's Stand Your Ground law upends centuries of traditional self-defense doctrine and threatens public safety by encouraging armed vigilantism, allowing a person to kill another person in a public area even when they can clearly and safely walk away from the danger.
Stand Your Ground laws are associated with increases in gun homicides and injuries across different demographics and neighborhoods, while disproportionately impacting communities of color.
Stand Your Ground puts our communities at greater risk and does nothing to prevent gun violence. Please repeal this dangerous law.