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  2. Stand-your-ground law - Wikipedia

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    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.

  3. Gun laws in South Dakota - Wikipedia

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    South Dakota is a "shall issue" state for citizens and lawful permanent residents who are 18 years or older. Enhanced permits are issued to those 21 or older, and regular permits are issued to those 18 or older. Permitless carry took effect on July 1, 2019. Permit required for open carry? No: No: Castle Doctrine/Stand Your Ground law? Yes: Yes ...

  4. Castle doctrine - Wikipedia

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    A castle doctrine, also known as a castle law or a defense of habitation law, is a legal doctrine that designates a person's abode or any legally occupied place (for example, an automobile or a home) as a place in which that person has protections and immunities permitting one, in certain circumstances, to use force (up to and including deadly force) to defend oneself against an intruder, free ...

  5. ‘License to kill’: How ‘Stand Your Ground’ gun laws are ...

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  6. 'Stand your ground' law now associated with more deaths ... - AOL

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    The "stand your ground" self-defense law has been in effect in Florida for over six years. The law is now associated with over 700 deaths.

  7. ‘Stand your ground’ law gone wrong: Both Chiefs rally ...

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    Further, stand your ground laws promote the idea that people should shoot first, and ask questions later if they feel threatened, and that firearms are first and foremost essential tools of self ...

  8. Duty to retreat - Wikipedia

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    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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