claim: "we’ve had a dramatic drop in violent crime since this law (‘stand your ground’) has been in effect."
author: dennis baxley
evidence_1: "what has happened since 2005? ... not at all clear it's related to 'stand your  ground' ... "we've had a dramatic drop in violent crime since this law ('stand your  ...
evidence_2: "what has happened since 2005? ... "we've had a dramatic drop in violent crime  since this law ('stand your ground') has been in effect. ... fact-checking florida's ' stand your ground' law ... might be talking the death of trayvon martin and a  controversial law that allows people to use fatal force if they feel their life is in  danger.
evidence_3: jul 22, 2013 ... politifact has done a lot of fact-checking since the night trayvon martin was shot  ... shortly after the trayvon martin shooting he said, "we've had a dramatic drop in  violent ... "and while violent crime in florida has dropped, the drop has been in  place long before stand your ground came into law in 2005.".
evidence_4: mar 27, 2012 ... there's a lot of debate going on about florida's "stand your ground" law and ...  the law, starting with its origins and wading into its possible effects on crime ... " we've had a dramatic drop in violent crime since this law ('stand your ... has had" a dramatic drop in violent crime since this law has been in effect.
evidence_5: aug 17, 2018 ... rick scott to declare a state of emergency to suspend the law. ... for governor,  has sought to tap into the dramatic power of declaring an ... data indicated leon  county had the highest crime rate in the state, though the fbi, ... his approach,  he said, has been to err on the side of more action rather than less.