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Upon reviewing WS 939.48, Wisconsin law is virtually similar to that in D.C. I will be sufficiently editing the Wikipedia page for "stand-your-ground law" to reflect this. 01:42, 22 April 2021: 959 × 593 (97 KB) EugeneVolokh: Map of US jurisdictions' stand-your-ground / duty-to-retreat rules. 09:27, 6 January 2021: 959 × 593 (97 KB ...
Arkansas Gov signed stand your ground by statute: 22:08, 4 January 2021: 959 × 593 (97 KB) EugeneVolokh: Updated Ohio to reflect new statute. 03:00, 25 November 2020: 959 × 593 (97 KB) HapHaxion: minor coding fix: 15:23, 1 September 2020: 959 × 593 (97 KB) EugeneVolokh
A 2015 study found that the adoption of Oklahoma's stand-your-ground law was associated with a decrease in residential burglaries, but also that the law had "the unintended consequence of increasing the number of non-residential burglaries." [72] Florida's stand-your-ground law went into effect on October 1, 2005.
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The “stand your ground” law has long been under scrutiny, after a number of high-profile shootings, most notably the 2012 death of Trayvon Martin, a 17-year old who was fatally shot after a ...
Brabec said the firearm safety caucus she leads has also discussed Michigan's "stand your ground" law that allows the use of deadly force any place someone has the legal right to be without ...
Most U.S. jurisdictions have a stand-your-ground law [2] or apply what is known as the castle doctrine, whereby a threatened person need not retreat within his or her own dwelling or place of work. Sometimes this has been the result of court rulings that one need not retreat in a place where one has a special right to be. [ 3 ]
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