Standing Our Ground Against "Stand Your Ground" Gun Laws

A string of recent gun-related deaths has spurred a national conversation about so-called "Stand Your Ground" laws. Earlier this week, Catoosa County homeowner Fred Youngblood shot and killed 17-year old Dalton McConathy when he discovered McConathy and a second teenage boy in the basement of his Georgia home. Georgia is one of several states with Stand Your Ground laws, which permit private property owners to use deadly force in defending themselves and their property.

Clearly, there is no upside in situations like this. Local media outlets have reported that Youngblood first offered a verbal warning encouraging the boys to leave his home, only to fire a single shot when they apparently charged towards him. In circumstances like these, it is vital for the families of wrongful death victims to have access to a quality personal injury attorney like Cameron Brock. Brock's personal injury law firm, the Law Offices of Burg & Brock, provides exceptional legal counsel in a wide variety of personal injury practice areas, including wrongful death suits.

Stand Your Ground laws may be well-intentioned—there is nothing wrong with wanting to feel safe and secure in your own home—but in a seemingly trigger-happy society like ours, the law needs to be reformed so that property owners are expected to put the same level of careful thought into discharging a firearm that people who enter private property are compelled to do in Stand Your Ground states. The rate of gun-related wrongful deaths in the United States is going up, not down. Cameron Brock and his team of personal injury lawyers in Los Angeles are committed to fighting for the rights of wrongful death victims as these events continue to play out in statehouses across the country, as well as in the court of public opinion.