Stand Your Ground laws, enacted in perhaps as many as 15 states, possibly more, have also been called "Make My Day" and "Shoot First" laws. They have been promoted by that bastion of personal rights and liberties, the NRA, and ALEC, the purveyor of so much conservatively-oriented legislative language.
Ostensibly, Florida's statute is why on the night George killed Trayvon, the prosecuting attorney decided not to press charges or even to detain the shooter after a custodial interview.
Below the gentle decoration, the Florida law, some background and a proposal.