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Legislative support for sit in protesters at the Capitol is growing. Around two-dozen state lawmakers have submitted letters requesting a special session. But, the support may still not be enough trigger a constitutional call for legislative action.

It’s Day 23 for the Dream Defenders at the Governor’s Office.

Dream Defender Ahmad Abuznaid said, “We’ll continue to put pressure on legislators and lawmakers letting them know we’re willing to do their job or start doing their job for them.”

The reality of making changes to Florida’s Stand Your Ground law is closer now than ever. That’s because a growing number of Democratic lawmakers have shown their support for a special session.

Representative Alan Williams is in support of the special session and said, “This is also another step in making sure that we continue to bring attention to a much needed part of our state.”

Lawmakers have sent letters to the Secretary of State’s Office requesting a special session to address the stand your ground law. 10 more letters are needed to start the polling process.

If lawmakers hit the magic number of 32 letters supporting a special session of the legislature; senators and representatives would be polled to see if they’d support the session. If 96 lawmakers agree, they would meet in Tallahassee to discuss the controversial law.

“This letter right here is to specifically call for a special session around stand your ground,” said Representative Williams.

With the George Zimmerman verdict and requests to pardon Marissa Alexander being ignored after she received 20 years in prison for shooting a gun in the air while allegedly being abused by her husband, this has the Dream Defenders in a fighting mood.

“You know a guy can get off after a man kills an unarmed 17 year old and at the same time a young black woman fires, doesn’t injury anyone,” said Abuznaid.

The group will have national hip-hop artist Talib Kweli join the group Thursday to address changes they say are needed in Florida. The Dream Defenders say they expect to hit the magic number of 32 in the upcoming days.