a forum on guns, self- defense, and stand your ground loss. the american constitution society and the georgia association of black women attorneys posted this panel discussion. this is an hour. turning to our program this evening, the debate over the appropriate role of guns in our society is the continuous insignificant. continuous and significant. the debate rages on the day. rages on today. the topic of guns, self-defense, and public policy is not a new discussion. dating back more than a century, for reasons of will be discussed here tonight, it has been expanded upon in recent years. in 2005 with the passage of the first stunt stand your ground lot. a similar law was passed in georgia the following year with overwhelming majorities in both the state house and state senate. it was signed into law on april 4, 2006. there are these 24 states with some version of this law. the basic premise of these laws is to eliminate a duty to retreat when a person has a reasona
assistant public defender in the office of the federal public defender in washington, d.c.. she is an associate professor of law at the university of georgia school of law, where she teaches an appellate litigation clinic and class is in criminal law and sentencing. our final catalyst is john monroe. panelist is john monroe. he received his jd from the university of wisconsin school of law. he is a practitioner in roswell and vice president for george carey. george carey is a grassroots guns rights organization dedicated to preserving i members are right to keep and bear arms. founded in 2007, it currently has 5200 members and has participated in 20 lawsuits at all levels of the federal and state court system. i want to thank our moderator and all of our panelists for appearing with us this evening. i would ask the audience to be respectful of all of r panelists. i would like to thank the american constitution society for putting this event on. i think this is a terribly
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