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There are many documented cases of stand your ground laws that have been credited with saving lives through the use of firearms. There is little mention of these instances, although there seems to be a certain fondness for denigrating the surviving victims(s) of these instances while calling for sympathy for the perpetrators. The basic law should be, was the person using force under stand your ground in danger according to the specific of the law in his case. If a legitimate threat is perceived, then use of whatever force is necessary to eliminate the threat should be allowed. This should not mean that the victim should be able to legally chase a perpetrator down the street to shoot him. If there is a person intent on harming another, who is engaged in threatening behavior which might be construed as life threatening, then the victim of these actions should have the full weight of the law to support him in defending his or her life, and the lives and wellbeing of those in his charge. When these rights are stripped, the victim has less rights than his attacker, and violence against the innocent will thrive.