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Noun Concept
Categories: U.S. state criminal law, Controversies in the United States, Stand-your-ground, Webarchive template archiveis links, Homicide
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stand-your-ground law  no duty to retreat  Shoot-first law  Shoot first law  stand-your-ground
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A stand-your-ground law, sometimes called a "line in the sand" or "no duty to retreat" law, provides that people may use deadly force when they reasonably believe it to be necessary to defend against certain violent crimes. Wikipedia
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A stand-your-ground law, sometimes called a "line in the sand" or "no duty to retreat" law, provides that people may use deadly force when they reasonably believe it to be necessary to defend against certain violent crimes. Wikipedia
A law in some jurisdictions that authorizes a person to protect and defend one's own life and limb against threat or perceived threat Wikipedia Disambiguation
legal principle permitting use of force against aggressors without obligation to retreat Wikidata
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law
legal concept
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stand-your-ground law
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stand-your-ground law
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Shoot-first law, Shoot first law, stand-your-ground, Stand one's own ground, stand your ground, Stand Your Ground Law, True Man Doctrine
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no duty to retreat

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