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ID: 'Stand your ground' bill shot down
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It also would have specified there is no duty to retreat before using deadly force to defend one’s self or another, while in any location. This is similar to the “stand your ground” laws that some states have passed, and it contrasts with other states that impose a duty to retreat before using deadly force.
Some gun-rights supporters thought the bill didn’t go far enough, and some lawmakers on the Senate State Affairs Committee thought it might go too far, or that it didn’t take enough of existing case law into account. |
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PHORTO
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Too much meddling. Too much government.
Given identical circumstances but for location, one has no duty to retreat. That makes no sense at all.
What are they always caterwauling about? "Common Sense Gun Laws"?
Differentiating between the inside of one's home or walking out of the local bodega as the determination of whether or not one has a duty to retreat isn't common sense. It's asinine. |
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