claim: since florida passed the "stand your ground" law in 2005, deaths due to self-defense have jumped over 250 percent.
author: christopher l. smith
evidence_1: jul 31, 2012 ... that includes florida. ... a recent study suggests that laws may lead to more  deaths. ... it could mean either that more people are using lethal force in self- defense, ... racial disparity using fbi data on 43,500 homicides from 2005 to  2009, the ... in non-stand your ground states, whites are 250 percent more ...
evidence_2: fact-checking florida's 'stand your ground' law. turn on the news. someone from  florida might be talking the death of trayvon martin and a controversial law ...
evidence_3: these laws are now on the books in 22 states.3 since the shooting of ... stand  your ground laws, which have upended traditional self-defense law, are ... after  florida passed its law, for example, its justifiable homicide rate rose 200%. ....  the average annual number of justifiable homicides jumped by 200% in florida,  54% ...
evidence_4: mar 27, 2012 ... there's a lot of debate going on about florida's "stand your ground" law and how  ... next, we checked a claim on msnbc from the bill's house sponsor, rep. ...  increased since "stand your ground" went into effect, florida has had"a ... law's  passage, deaths due to self defense have jumped over 250 percent.
evidence_5: apr 25, 2017 ... if in your consideration of the issue of self-defense you have a reasonable ... the  law was based on a legal precept called the “castle doctrine,” which ... in  september, missouri became the first state to enact it since trayvon's death. ... in  non-stand your ground states, whites are 250 percent more likely to ...