Stand Your Ground
George Zimmerman Will Not Face Hate-Crime Charges for Killing Trayvon Martin
The government apparently doesn't consider Martin's death a civil rights issue, even as it continues weighing whether to press charges for more recent killings of unarmed black men.
South Carolina Bill Wants to Apply 'Stand Your Ground' Law to Fetuses
A proposed law in South Carolina would effectively grant full constitutional rights to unborn fetuses from the moment of conception.
Florida's Gun Laws Are Putting People in Prison for Standing Their Ground
10-20-Life, a law that confers a minimum sentence on people facing gun charges, sent Marissa Alexander to prison for 20 years, but now public opinion is shifting against the law and others like it.
California Has Its Own Version of Stand Your Ground
A California activist named Tiffany Hobbs is trying to educate and channel the anger about Trayvon Martin's death into action and is working to amend two state laws, the Provocative Act Murder Doctrine and the Castle Doctrine, which allow for the sort...
When You're Holding a Gun, Everything Looks Like a Target
Guns don't kill people. But, according to new research, they alter your perception, which can cause you to kill people.