US Stand Your Ground laws linked to 700 additional homicides every year
Stand Your Ground (SYG) laws in the United States may result in an additional 700 homicides each year - an increase in monthly homicide rates of 11% nationally, but up to 28% in some states, according to a new study in JAMA Network Open. The study finds the enactment of stand your ground laws, which have expanded legal protections for individuals who use deadly violence in self-defence. likely led to an overall increase in homicide and firearm homicide across the US.