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A 2015 study found that the adoption of Oklahoma's stand-your-ground law was associated with a decrease in residential burglaries, but also that the law had "the unintended consequence of increasing the number of non-residential burglaries." [72] Florida's stand-your-ground law went into effect on October 1, 2005.
The shootings by homeowners are likely to renew debate surrounding so-called "stand your ground" laws, which govern the use of deadly force in self-defense, legal experts told USA Today. "The ...
In 1982, the San Diego Historical Society moved its collections and research library to the Casa de Balboa building [5] in Balboa Park (maintaining the Serra Museum as an auxiliary museum and education center), and the Society changed its name to the San Diego History Center in 2010.
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The "stand your ground" self-defense law has been in effect in Florida for over six years. The law is now associated with over 700 deaths.
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Caroline Light is a senior lecturer at Harvard University and the author of “Stand Your Ground: A History of America’s Love Affair with Lethal Self-Defense.” She lives in Belmont, Massachusetts.