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Originally Posted by Barstoolguru
SYG laws protect homeowner/ legal shooters from costly prosecution and jail time. In Most of the time the shooter will plea to a lesser charge to avoid the time and money to fight. What I didn't know is the stats of plea bargains are the court system.
I was told it is 90-95% of all cases never make it court. So the chances of a homeowner getting burned for a legal shooting is very good without the SYG laws
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Like other posts in this thread, you are confusing "stand your ground" with "castle doctrine." There are currently (IIRC) 20 states that have "stand your ground" (or "no duty to retreat") laws. But these laws address whether or not a person must attempt to retreat from a threat
outside the home before he/she is allowed to use deadly force in self defense.
Castle doctrine applies IN your home, and I believe only one or two states require someone who is within his or her home to attempt to retreat before being allowed to use deadly force in self defense.