The Stand Your Ground law is a highly debated and controversial topic. The Stand Your Ground Law is a law that allows an individual to stand their ground instead of retreating if they reasonably believe that doing so is necessary to “prevent death or serious bodily harm to themselves or another or to prevent the commission of a forced crime. " (Sullivan 2013) Many people agree with the law because they feel they have the right to be able to protect themselves. On the other hand, many people believe that the Stand Your Ground law is just a way to kill and get away with it. You know from which side are you on when it comes to this particular issue? This essay will address and discuss both the pros and cons of the Stand Your Ground Law argument. These pros and cons will lead to the conclusion that, it doesn't matter which side you are on regarding these laws , you need to inform them. First, in the article titled “Ten Reasons to Repeal Current Laws,” Steve Klingaman made some interesting points about more than a dozen states that have some form of Stand Your Ground laws which, according to Steve Klingaman, are too many. Stand Your Ground laws should be abolished for several reasons. For example, Stand Your Ground laws force law enforcement to confirm that a suspect did not kill an individual to protect themselves from harm. Steve Klingaman explains how evidence of "self-defense" is too difficult to prove, especially when the victim is dead. If the victim is dead, law enforcement is left with only the suspect side of the story. Furthermore, in this article the author mentions that Stand Your Ground laws need to be repealed because they provide protection to the suspect from civil lawsuits. In other words, if the State doesn't hand out a... middle of paper... ect they acted in self defense when the victim died, which I agree with. I think we should have the right to protect ourselves if the circumstance were to arise, but the law needs to be written better. There must be a way to hold accountable those who kill just to kill instead of letting them get away with it because they claim “self-defense.” In conclusion, Stand Your Ground laws will always be a hotly debated issue. subject. There are many people who firmly believe that we have the right to protect ourselves, while on the other hand many think that this law is just a license to kill. There are pros and cons when it comes to this issue. It doesn't matter which side you're on, because the one thing we should all agree on is that this law needs to be recommended. We should have the right to protect ourselves, but more guidelines are needed.