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Originally Posted by RamRoddoc
...Which again begs the critical question just where the heck did we as citizens fall under a created law that requires one a duty to retreat in acts of honest self-defense? None that are federal, some that are state legislated either in the home or public. New Jersey is infamous in requiring one a duty to retreat in a person’s OWN home. This is incomprehensible in a “free state” pertaining to free men and abrades against the fiber of our constitution.
I think it rather odd that one cannot locate, without visiting every single state’s web site and scrutinizing if a duty to retreat exist-a created/enacted law. Some have castle law in the home but no law for outside. Some have castle law and have enacted a duty to retreat outside of the home and at least one (New Jersey) has enacted a duty to retreat both in the home and outside the home. ...
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Enough!
The reality is that in some States, or under various circumstances, there is a duty to retreat. At this point the origins of those various rules is irrelevant. What is relevant is what the rules are where you are. And you need to know those rules and pay attention, because if you don't your act of violence against another human will not be justified but will rather be the crime of aggravated assault or manslaughter or murder.
The point of this thread is to help introduce people to an understanding of the working and limitations of Stand Your Ground and Castle Doctrine laws. The material in the OP was assembled by a member with a legal background and reviewed and contributed to by lawyers.
Our interest in this thread is current reality, but it is outside the scope of what we're able to do here to develop a comprehensive, State-by-State survey of each State's respective laws.
Anyone who carries a gun for self defense or who keeps a gun for self defense would be well advised to do his own research. To help with that research, consider the following resources:
And with that, I'm going to close this thread before we drift further astray.