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As stand-your-ground laws expand, so do firearm fatalities

After 20 years of stand-your-ground laws, spreading to most U.S. states, experts see an accompanying rise in shooting deaths.
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Florida’s new open carry law combines with ‘stand your ground’ to create new freedoms – and new dangers

As of September 2025, Florida allows open carry and permitless carry, in addition to its stand your ground law. Joe Raedle/Getty Images News Caroline Light, Harvard University Twenty years ago, ...
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Judge dismisses case against officer accused in UPS shootout death, citing stand your ground law

A Miami-Dade Police officer cannot be prosecuted for killing a hostage UPS driver in 2019 because the state’s stand-your-ground law justified the use of deadly force against his kidnappers, a Broward ...
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Florida’s new open carry ruling combines with 'stand your ground' to create new freedoms – and new dangers

Twenty years ago, Florida Gov. Jeb Bush signed the first “stand your ground” law, calling it a “good, common-sense, anti-crime issue.” The law’s creators promised it would protect law-abiding citizens ...