Stand Your Ground

Since becoming law back in 2005, the Florida statute has remained relatively unchanged despite high-profile cases and calls to scale back and even repeal the measure that offers shooters broad legal protections in the name of self defense.

Last week, Florida’s Stand Your Ground law took center stage as people rallied, protested, and marched over the killing of a black unarmed man during a…

There has been an arrest in the Clearwater 'stand your ground' case. The State Attorney's office is charging Micheal Drejka with manslaughter in the...

Last month’s killing of a man during a dispute over a parking space has revived the conversation about a repeal of Florida’s Stand Your Ground law. The…

Democratic Attorney General candidate Sean Shaw is promising if elected he’ll create a task force to deal with gun violence.Shaw says its members would…

Joined by the girlfriend of a black man who was shot dead by a white man over a disabled parking spot at a Clearwater convenience store, black pastors,…

The democratic frontrunner for Florida Attorney General is calling for an end to the state’s “stand your ground” law following a Pinellas County…

Are black students getting a voice in the gun violence debate, after the mass shooting that left 17 people dead in Parkland?When you think of Parkland…

As both sides of the Stand Your Ground issue weigh in, what impact could a Florida judge calling legislative changes to the state’s Stand Your Ground law…

The Florida lawmaker who authored this year’s changes to Florida’s Stand Your Ground law says the legislature does have the right to update the law. It’s…