This video comes from Miami criminal attorneys Gilbert and Smallman. We released this video after the Trayvon Martin tragedy, but as Stand your Ground is on the public radar again, we are reposting it.

On the heels of the latest mass shootings in Clackamas, OR,  Sandy Hook, CT, and Philadelphia, PA, the whole country is talking about the role of gun legislation in preventing such tragedies. Florida, known for being a second amendment loving state, may be facing some changes. 
South Florida Senator Chris Smith introduced a bill that would make the following changes to Florida’s controversial “Stand your Ground” law: 

• “Requiring, rather than authorizing, a law enforcement agency to investigate the use of force under certain circumstances”
• “Deleting the provision that prohibits a law enforcement agency from arresting a person for using force under certain circumstances”
• “Deleting the provisions that make justifiable use of force available to an aggressor who initially provokes the use of force against himself or herself”
• “Requiring each law enforcement agency within the state to monthly report to the department all incidents and cases in which a claim regarding the justifiable use of force is raised.”