 GOP-dominated state legislatures. After the first "stand your ground" law passed in Florida in 2005, some version of it spread to more than 30 other states. In most of those states, the GOP controls the legislature, where any changes must be enacted. And even in states that do not lean heavily to the right, repealing the law will be difficult. To wit: new Hampshire, where Democrats control the state House and narrowed their disadvantage in the state Senate in 2012. A recent "stand your ground" repeal effort passed the House there but then was shelved in the Senate.