A Baptist pastor from Washington has penned an open letter to "White Christians of Florida," condemning them for not standing united against that state's controversial "stand your ground" law.

Pastor Michael Bledsoe of the Riverside Baptist Church in Washington D.C. posted the letter on the church's website Sunday, following a verdict in the trial of Michael Dunn, the man accused of shooting into a car full of teenagers at a Jacksonville, Fla., convenience store following an argument over loud music.

Dunn killed one teen, Jordan Davis, and injured four others as he shot into the car 10 times. Dunn was found guilty Saturday on charges of attempted murder for shooting the teens, but a jury could not reach a verdict on the charge of murdering Davis.

In his letter, Bledsoe references the shootings of Jordan and of Trayvon Martin. Martin, 17, was shot and killed by George Zimmerman in Sanford, Fla., in 2012.

Zimmerman was found not guilty of second-degree murder in July.

Bledsoe urges Christians in Florida to repeal the so-called "stand your ground" law that says a person is "justified in the use of deadly force and does not have a duty to retreat if: He or she reasonably believes that such force is necessary to prevent imminent death or great bodily harm to himself or herself."

Twenty-four states have some version of the law on the books, including Alabama and Mississippi.

George Zimmerman, right, talks to court security investigator Robert Hemmert during a recess after a jury question in the 25th day of his trial at the Seminole County Criminal Justice Center, in Sanford, Fla., Saturday, July 13, 2013. Zimmerman was found not guilty of the 2012 shooting death of Trayvon Martin.(AP Photo/Orlando Sentinel, Joe Burbank, Pool)

Neither Dunn nor Zimmerman invoked Florida's version of "stand your ground" in their defenses. Both relied instead on a basic self-defense argument in their trials.

However, the judges in both cases instructed jurors they should acquit if they found the defendant had no duty to retreat and had the right to "stand his ground."

According to an Associated Press story, the instruction is part of a list of standard instructions given jurors in Florida in cases where the defendant claims self-defense.

In Bledsoe's letter, he argues that the very existence of the law has "incentivized" killing in the state.

"Far be it that I, a white clergyman who is not a lawyer, instruct you as to the illogical nature of your "stand your ground" license to kill but let us note something that is apparent now after two cases where your predominantly white juries could not agree to convict a man who admitted he killed an unarmed teen-ager: if you convict a person for attempting to murder ten teens but fail to convict the killer for actually killing a teen, then you have incentivized killing ... .

He goes on to write:

"The stench from your houses of worship is wafting its way across this country, polluting citizenship, demoralizing parents and families, mocking accountability and blaspheming the Holy God whom you say you love and worship. If that offends you, try reading Amos.

" ... You know as well as anyone that teen-agers should not be killed for playing loud music. But then, we all know don't we, that Jordan Davis was not killed for playing loud music. He was killed for being an uppity black kid who dared to smart off to a drunken white man with a concealed weapon's permit."

The letter calls on Christians to rescind "stand your ground" for "the blasphemous sham it is."

to see the full letter.