Sabria Chowdhury Balland "If a law is unjust, a man is not only right to disobey it, he is obligated to do so." ---Thomas Jefferson Laws are supposed to solve problems, not create them. Laws are supposed to provide clarity and objectivity, not create ambiguous uncertainties leading to questionable justice. Laws are meant to provide practical guidelines to the society for living together peacefully and harmoniously, not to create discord among racially and ethnically different people in society. In all these respects, it is clear that “Stand Your Ground Laws” are a failure. A “Stand Your Ground Law” states that a person may use deadly force in self-defense without any obligations to retreat when faced with a reasonabl...
March 10, 2014 at 8:08 pm | News Desk