Stand your ground laws have spread across America over the past decade, but we’re not done yet. Florida is moving to bolster the law. Cenk Uygur and John Iadarola (Think Tank), hosts of the The Young Turks, break it down. Tell us what you think in the comment section below.

“Florida legislators want to make it harder to convict you.

Not only that, if you escape conviction, they want to give you up to $200,000 for your trouble.

In a bizarre, dangerous and costly new expansion to the NRA-backed “stand your ground law,” GOP legislators want to increase the burden of proof on prosecutors trying to convict anyone who claims self-defense.

In the old days, if you shot or beat someone with a baseball bat, you had to prove you had a good reason for doing so.”*

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