Roughly three out of every five people in Florida claiming Shoot First had prior arrests before killing someone and invoking the law, with about one-third of these defendants having previously been arrested for serious crimes like assault and robbery.

Connie Humburg, “Many Killers Who Go Free With Florida ‘Stand Your Ground’ Law Have History of Violence,” Tampa Bay Times, February 17, 2013, https://bit.ly/2WBZLPm.