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