Stand Your Ground : A History of America's Love Affair with Lethal Self-Defense (Hardcover)

from octafoil40

In the Author's Note is described the "do-it-yourself (DIY)-security citizenship" concept describing lethal self-defense as a core responsibility of the ideal citizen who stands his ground in the face of perceived threat rather than retreating from a fight. Her Introduction then reviews a period ...

from KendallBall

I love Caroline Light's use of the term "DIY security citizenship." It is so befitting for the unique history she uncovers in this book. She tells us the history of lethal self-defense through looking at influential court cases and crucial moments in America's history and shows us that the histor...

from Carrie.Kilgore

I was frankly blown away by the history presented here, having been previously unaware of just how closely gun proliferation has been entwined with sexism and racism. The US now has 4 percent of the world's population and between 40 and 50 percent of privately owned guns. There are more guns in t...

from theodarling

This is a terrifying history but a necessary corrective to the dogwhistles and denial surrounding gun use and concepts like sovereign citizenship and vigilante justice today. I did wish the author had looked at the Marissa Alexander case, where a woman of color in a stand-your-ground state was ar...

from Bidwell-Glaze

The title, Stand Your Ground: A History of America's Love Affair with Lethal Self-Defense, embodied two topics about which I am passionate, history and the oddity of US gun-use and abuse. I am very glad I got it. The author, Caroline Light, starts her history before the American Revolution and co...