Stand your ground laws and criminal homicide rates
While Florida saw an uptick in murders and nonnegligent manslaughters after it passed its "stand your ground" law in 2005, the trend has not been common across other states which have passed similar laws.
Click on states below to see what their homicide rates have been since 2000. States with "stand your ground" laws are highlighted in blue.
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Sources: National Conference of State Legislatures, FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Statistics and state legislatures
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Graphic: Danny Dougherty
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