text: "Pending ""stand your ground"" legislation in Ohio eliminates a current law requiring retreat before using deadly force.  This provision has the potential to increase gun violence for many people, regardless of race, and also negatively impact Ohioans subjected to racial profiling.  Insensitive and reckless acts of prejudice should not be supported by laws encouraging violence.  That is why I sent a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder requesting that the Department of Justice collect additional information on the racial disparities of ""stand your ground"" laws in communities across the country  before another unwarranted death occurs."