Thursday, March 02, 2006
Just Found This
For anyone living in Arizona, like myself, or many other states as you will see; this, the new Stand Your Ground legislation is potentially a pretty big deal.
Basically, until now American citizens have lived under a duty to retreat policy when their lives are physically threatened, but with this new legislation, you could be given the right to defend yourself, up to and including taking the life of the person doing the threatening; and you would be in no judicial trouble if it could be determined that you were actually acting in self defense.
There are quite a few arguments in the debate on whether this should be nationalized or not.
Think about it.
Basically, until now American citizens have lived under a duty to retreat policy when their lives are physically threatened, but with this new legislation, you could be given the right to defend yourself, up to and including taking the life of the person doing the threatening; and you would be in no judicial trouble if it could be determined that you were actually acting in self defense.
There are quite a few arguments in the debate on whether this should be nationalized or not.
Think about it.
