http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0077552#pone-0077552-t001 I'll just agree and leave this here. So, basically, Stand Your Ground is racist, created by racist white gun owners for racist white gun owners, used by racist white gun owners to legally murder blacks. God Bless 'Murrica.
I expect both ends of the political spectrum to report the findings of this research honestly. I'm not surprised that the research was done by foreigners. This topic is so loaded that American researchers can't touch it. Hell, the editor of Guns & Ammo had to resign for even suggesting that some gun regulation is necessary.
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