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re: If someone breaks into your home, I think you have a right to kill them without punishment

Posted on 2/18/18 at 8:51 am to
Posted by LSUTigersVCURams
Member since Jul 2014
21940 posts
Posted on 2/18/18 at 8:51 am to
I agree. A lot of states up north have a duty to retreat rule where if someone is trying to kill you, you literally have to try to run away before you can meet them with deadly force. It's laughable.
Posted by Bayou_Tiger_225
Third Earth
Member since Mar 2016
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Posted on 2/18/18 at 9:25 am to
I will never live in a state that requires me to flee my own home if it's getting broken into.

Posted by Steadyhands
Slightly above I-10
Member since May 2016
6819 posts
Posted on 2/18/18 at 9:43 am to
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agree. A lot of states up north have a duty to retreat rule where if someone is trying to kill you, you literally have to try to run away before you can meet them with deadly force. It's laughable.


Did you read that on Facebook? I believe there is only one state up north, that you have the duty to retreat. Now many states say in public you have the duty to retreat, but in one's own home.....fire away.
Posted by White Roach
Member since Apr 2009
9458 posts
Posted on 2/18/18 at 3:27 pm to
quote:

I agree. A lot of states up north have a duty to retreat rule where if someone is trying to kill you, you literally have to try to run away before you can meet them with deadly force. It's laughable.


In their own homes? How far do you have to retreat before you can start shooting? What happens if I live in a tiny efficiency apt?
Posted by Sterling Archer
Austin
Member since Aug 2012
7336 posts
Posted on 2/18/18 at 4:40 pm to
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I agree. A lot of states up north have a duty to retreat rule where if someone is trying to kill you, you literally have to try to run away before you can meet them with deadly force. It's laughable.



Which state is this It certainly isn't the case in New York
Posted by cwill
Member since Jan 2005
54753 posts
Posted on 2/18/18 at 4:47 pm to
quote:

I agree. A lot of states up north have a duty to retreat rule where if someone is trying to kill you, you literally have to try to run away before you can meet them with deadly force. It's laughable.


What state has the duty to retreat from your own house? This thread is "thinking" what the law actually provides in some form in every state.
Posted by LordSaintly
Member since Dec 2005
38954 posts
Posted on 2/18/18 at 5:05 pm to
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A lot of states up north have a duty to retreat rule


Wikipedia tells me it's only Vermont and Washington, DC.

Stand your ground law
Posted by foshizzle
Washington DC metro
Member since Mar 2008
40599 posts
Posted on 2/18/18 at 5:17 pm to
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A lot of states up north have a duty to retreat rule where if someone is trying to kill you, you literally have to try to run away before you can meet them with deadly force. It's laughable.



Except that it isn't true. Vermont and DC only.
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