New Hampshire is a state with solid if decidedly wordy self-defense statutes, including a stand-your-ground passage. Though they are lengthy, overwrought and difficult to untangle for lay people who are not versed in such language the tale of the tape remains a happy one. So long as someone is not engaged in criminal activity, is …
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Kansas is a state with sturdy stand your ground provisions in their law books. In Kansas, a defender can use whatever level of force they think is necessary to meet an equivalent threat, up to and including lethal force, to protect themselves or someone else. Additionally, Kansas broadly asserts that a defender has no obligation …
Missouri is a state with excellent self-defense laws on the books, including what is probably the premier version of stand-your-ground laws in the nation. Missouri provisionally allows citizens to use lethal force in order to protect themselves, or protect someone else against the threat of death or great bodily harm, and additionally they may use …
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Michigan is a state with a stalwart stand-your-ground law on the books. Michigan provides a justification for citizens to use lethal force in defense of themselves or someone else with no obligation to retreat, so long as they are in any place they have a right to be, in their home or business, or occupying …
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A “stand your ground law” is a concept in self-defense law whereby a civilian defender, a potential victim, has no legal obligation to attempt retreat before they use force in defense of their lives or the lives of someone else. This is a contentious concept in the United States, but one that ultimately reduces the …
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Stand-your-ground laws are a subject of considerable interest to concerned citizens who fear they might one day need to use force, including lethal force, in defense of themselves and their families. A stand your ground law is typically Incorporated into a state’s statutes governing the use of force in self-defense, and typically means that a …
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Florida is a state with excellent, though lengthy, pro-self defense statutes on the books, including their equivalent of a “Stand Your Ground” provision. Florida places significant emphasis on correct discrimination of a threat against yourself or someone else before you can use force in return. But, their laws also take pains to codify that you …
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Anytime you employ force as a civilian, and especially lethal force, you can count on the fact that you will be judged by a court of law for every action that you did, or did not take. Even in cases of clear-cut self-defense your actions and reasoning will be dissected at a microscopic level. To …
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Self-defense is no game, and you can count that doubly true when it comes to using lethal force in self-defense. This is a decision you cannot afford to get wrong, and anybody who pops off with a pithy aphorism that they would rather be judged by twelve than carried by six has clearly never been …
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The great state of Mississippi does not mess around when it comes to self-defense law, and the state statutes feature a strongly-worded contender for the most decisive “stand your ground” law yet put to the law books. So long as you are acting in defense of your life or someone else’s when any person is …
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