Castle Doctrine, Stand Your Ground & Duty to Retreat: Simplified

Self-Defense Home Defense
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Here are the basics:

https://aliengearholsters.com/blog/duty-to-retreat-or-castle-doctrine/

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Good link @Ross. These is never enough to know the Law.

I always combine both and advocate this: ā€œCastle Doctrine + Duty To Retreatā€.

  • recognize the threat
  • retreat and baricade
  • if you have to shoot - it will always gonna be justified.
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Jersey, what Iā€™m worried about is the reteat part bc Iā€™m can walk bur can NOT run. I will fall down tripping up if I try to run! So what should I do if my life is in danger?

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Of course thereā€™s no fixed Law, every single self defense situation is taken apart and discussed.
And every single one is gonna be different.
If thereā€™s no option for retreat and imminent danger is present (in that particular moment of time) any shooting is justified.

Iā€™m not an expert at this field, but Iā€™ve spent hundreds hours reading books written by wise people and I feel fully confident what I can do in bad situation.

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Thank you Jersey!

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