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WASHINGTON D.C. -- The parents of Jordan Davis and Trayvon Martin were in Washington D.C. Tuesday, lending their voices to the fight to take down a controversial law.

According to Sybrina Fulton, Stand Your Ground doesnt have a leg to stand on.

The law is not clear. That law does not benefit anyone, she said.

The parents have made repealing "Stand Your Ground" laws their mission ever since their sons were gunned down. Both parents testified before the Inter-Americas Human Rights Commission in Washington D.C. about the impact of the law on their lives and on minority communities.

Here we sit like the wild wild west and we're seeing our kids murdered in the streets like animals, Ron Davis said.

According to a Texas A&M University study, homicides have increased 7 to 9 percent in states with "Stand Your Ground" laws.

Although the SYG defense was not used in the cases of George Zimmerman and Michael Dunn-- similar language was used in the jury instructions. Both Fulton and Davis say: that's a problem.

I just want other people to stand with me, to support me, to understand what's going on with the Stand Your Ground law, Fulton said.

Whenever someone claims Stand Your Ground and they get away with it, everything else is collateral damage, Davis explained.

Leaders from the Free Marissa Alexander Now group also took part in the hearing.

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