Why Do Stand Ground Laws Lead to More Gun Violence?

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stand your ground law says that if you are in confrontation, in an aggressive confrontation, you have no duty to retreat. Vionce o, david, just explain what is jst exclaim? What does a sand our ground law? Why doStand Your Ground laws lead to more gun violence? "There's nothing that says that my ability to defend myself rumps the obligation to even preserve the life of my attacker"

This week David and Curtis tackle the tough subject of gun violence. They look at the various tensions between gun rights and gun control and the hyper-polarized responses we are apt to have on one side or the other. They also help us take a step back to think through the “how” of approaching such a complex issue versus just the “what” of our preferred policy outcome.

Show Notes:

-Rand Corporation - Gun Policy in America

-Rand Corporation - How Gun Policies Affect Mass Shootings

-Malcolm Gladwell (New Yorker) - Thresholds of Violence: How school shootings catch on

-French Press - Pass and Enforce Red Flag Laws. Now.

-David French (The Atlantic) - What Critics Don’t Understand About Gun Culture

-Sign up for David’s French Press newsletter

-Follow Curtis’ work at RedeemingBabel.org