i support thurston for trying to do something about this problem. until 2005 we didn t have stand your ground laws. for over 200 years in america we were content to have self-defense law which required people to get out of the situation if they could. without committing violence. now we have stand your ground in half the states. it increases violence and there is no question there is a huge racial imbalance. whites who kill blacks are 350% more p likely to be exonerated than the other way around. 356% more likely, wow. yep. let me go back to you representative thurston. now there are 26 states. none before 2005. there are 26 states with some form of stand your ground laws.