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Old Dec 29, 2017 | 2:23 am
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jinglish
 
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Originally Posted by greggarious
Under stand your ground I have every right to shoot someone who enters without permission, especially at night. Being told "YOU ARE TRESPASSING. STOP. I AM ARMED" and persisting into the room is most certainly a situation where it is legal to shoot, and goes above and beyond what is required.
Uh, not quite. In states with castle doctrine or stand-your-ground laws, you're not legally obligated to exhaust all escape options before resorting to force. They don't otherwise relax the standards on whether force is justified.
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