Our interpretation of the various laws, regulations and restrictions pertaining to survival, self-reliance and self defense. Please note that we are not lawyers, and this is NOT legal advice.
North Dakota is yet another state with excellent self-defense laws, including a robust “stand your ground” statute that has benefited from further improvements thanks to the passage of North Dakota bill HB 1498. Citizens are allowed to use force, including deadly force, in defense of themselves, someone else, or an occupied dwelling, or to prevent …
Montana has some of the best all-around self-defense laws in the nation, including a formidable and clearly codified castle doctrine statute. Broadly, citizens may use force including lethal force, in self-defense of an occupied structure so long as they are doing so to prevent the commission of any forcible felony to any occupant of the …
North Dakota is a state with a well-deserved reputation for rugged inhabitants and an attitude of individualism, what’s surprisingly the state has not always possessed stalwart laws of self-defense. That isn’t the case today, though, and though they are a little bit lengthy in sections North Dakota has one of the stronger versions of castle …
Arkansas has long been a state with reliable self-defense laws that definitively assert citizen’s right to defend themselves and others against the unlawful use of force. However, it is only recently with the signing of Arkansas Senate Bill 24 that the state has implemented so-called “stand your ground” laws properly. Prior to the implementation of …
Utah is a decidedly pro-citizen state when it comes to the topic of defensive sprays. Utah does nothing to restrict or otherwise regulate citizens from possessing and utilizing defensive sprays so long as they only employ them in legitimate self-defense scenarios. Utah does not regulate defensive spray formulation or the quantity that citizens may possess, …
Virginia is a state with a proud pro 2A history, but one that has been increasingly beleaguered and infiltrated by anti-gun and anti-self-defense sentiment, political action groups, and politicians in recent years. Despite this, the state still maintains a functional and recognizable set of castle doctrine laws, but they only really operate as a set …
Oregon is rarely thought of as a state that is particularly pro-gun or pro-self-defense, but readers will be happy to learn that the state nonetheless possesses clearly stated and easy-to-understand laws concerning self-defense. However, though the state has a castle doctrine law in function, it is not clearly stated as such, and Oregon remains one …
When it comes to laws and self-defense laws in particular, certain states are not worthy of extremely lengthy, exacting, and sometimes perplexing statutes that seem to go on forever. I suppose this is reasonable considering the seriousness of using lethal force in defense of life. However, there are some states which go the opposite way …
Ohio has historically been something of a middle of the road state on many issues, including self-defense. Though generally positive, in times past the state statutes did leave some room for doubt as to the outcome for a good guy or good gal forced to defend themselves against a threat, particularly a lethal one, when …
Oklahoma has for a long time been a state with comprehensive, easy-to-understand self-defense laws that have more or less been continually updated over time to further favor the rights of citizens. In particular, Oklahoma has a clearly-worded castle doctrine statute that positively affirms the expectation of complete safety when a person is inside their own …
