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re: Open Carry vs. Stand Your Ground...
Posted on 6/19/14 at 12:30 pm to moneyg
Posted on 6/19/14 at 12:30 pm to moneyg
quote:Would this concern you much if you'd drawn your weapon and fired out of concern for your family and the well-being of others?
Assuming a perfect trial with perfect information of what happened, you'd be convicted.
I have a hard time thinking I'd be terribly upset. I understand the law and why it's written the way it is, but this seems like a grey area.
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Posted on 6/19/14 at 2:42 pm to FT
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but this seems like a grey area.
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A person who is not engaged in an unlawful activity and who is attacked in any other place where he or she has a right to be has no duty to retreat and has the right to stand his or her ground and meet force with force, including deadly force if he or she reasonably believes it is necessary to do so to prevent death or great bodily harm to himself or herself or another or to prevent the commission of a forcible felony.
The law specifically outlines when you may stand your ground:
1) Reasonably believe necessary to prevent death to you or another
2) Reasonable believe necessary to prevent bodily injury to you or another
3) Prevent a forcible felony
Another person lawfully exercising his right to carry a weapon does not meet any of that criteria. Stand your ground defense should not protect you against a guilty verdict.
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