RDWB

As if the gun crisis wasn't a bushel of insanity all on its own, the Stand Your Ground law tops the heap. According to Bradyunited.org, "They allow anyone who believes their life to be in danger to use lethal force in an act of self-defense, completely removing the duty to retreat in a public space." (https://www.bradyunited.org/fact-sheets/what-are-stand-your-ground-laws)

Further, it states that these laws:

"are made more lethal by our nation’s history of racism, are reinforced by our nation’s weak gun laws, and are galvanized by outside influence by gun rights groups like the NRA."

Sixteen-year-old Ralph Yarl, a high school junior, sent by his parent to pick up his younger siblings from their friends' house, made the mistake of ringing the doorbell at an incorrect address. 

He was met with a bullet to the head, shot through the glass door, where the shooter could easily see the teenager was just ringing the doorbell. When the boy fell to the ground, the shooter advanced and shot him a second time in the arm.

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Wounded, the boy got up and ran to three different locations seeking help, until a neighbor on the street told him to lay face down with his hand extended (never mind that his arm was bleeding) until the police responded to the 911 call. The shooter was arrested but freed after 24 hours on the Stand Your Ground law. 

Wrap your head around this: Only after national outrage did the police return to arrest an 84-year old white man, Andrew Lester, and charge him with assault--not attempted murder or a hate crime.

I won't show this creep's picture, but NPR, posted it. 

https://www.npr.org/2023/04/17/1170479923/ralph-yarl-kansas-city-teen-shooting