Protesters Take to the Capitol to Fight 'Stand Your Ground'

George Zimmerman may have been acquitted in the death of Trayvon Martin over the summer, but protests against Florida's Stand Your Ground law have persisted into the 2014 legislative session.

On Monday, several hundred protesters, led by Rev. Al Sharpton, headed to the Florida Capitol to speak out against the self-defense law, which gathered considerable media attention and controversy following Zimmerman's acquittal. The law was not used in Zimmerman's defense.

The father of Trayvon Martin and the family of Marissa Alexander, a woman who was sentenced to 20 years for firing a gun near her estranged husband, joined in Sharpton's march. The mother of Jordan Davis, a 17-year-old who was shot over an argument over loud music, was also present at the protest.

Florida is the first state to enact the law in 2005, Sharpton said. We came back to where it started to begin where it will end.

Florida's Stand Your Ground law allows residents to use force,including deadly force, if they reasonably believe it's necessary to avoid death or great bodily harm.

Republican legislators have repeatedly declined to make any changes to the law.The House Criminal Justice Subcommittee took up two bills related to guns in a five-hour hearing in November, but ultimately shot them both down and made no changes to the Stand Your Ground law.