Stand Your Ground Laws Don't Encourage Vigilantism
18 May 2012
John R. Lott, Jr., economist and bestselling author of "More Guns, Less Crime" and "The Bias Against Guns," discusses the statistical relationship between Stand Your Ground and Castle Doctrine laws and the reduction in violent crimes, whether Florida's Stand Your Ground law applies in the George Zimmerman and Trayvon Martin case, and his latest book, "Debacle: Obama's War on Jobs and Growth and What We Can Do to Regain Our Future."
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