Study shows Stand Your Ground laws are associated with an 8% to 11% increase in homicide and firearm homicide

A study published in JAMA Network Open on February 21, 2022, offers the following in Conclusions and Relevance:  These findings suggest that adoption of SYG laws…

Study shows Stand Your Ground laws are associated with an 8% to 11% increase in homicide and firearm homicide

A study published in JAMA Network Open on February 21, 2022, offers the following in Conclusions and Relevance:  These findings suggest that adoption of SYG laws…

A study published in JAMA Network Open on February 21, 2022, offers the following in Conclusions and Relevance:  These findings suggest that adoption of SYG laws across the US was associated with increases in violent deaths, deaths that could potentially have been avoided.

The full study article is available from the Journal of the American Medical Association here.

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