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Originally Posted by DrPhil
What is the difference between self-defense and "stand your ground"?
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Rhetorical question alert.
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Originally Posted by DGTess
Sorry. I assumed you knew what you were talking about when you stated that stand-your-ground laws are bull**** and must be eliminated. FLORIDA's law, 2011 statutes, chapter 776, "Justifiable Use of Force" does not seem to me to be "unclearly stated." The operative section states: "(3) A person who is not engaged in an unlawful activity and who is attacked in any other place where he or she has a right to be has no duty to retreat and has the right to stand his or her ground and meet force with force, including deadly force if he or she reasonably believes it is necessary to do so to prevent death or great bodily harm to himself or herself or another or to prevent the commission of a forcible felony."
Self-defense can be anywhere. Some jurisdictions permit the use of deadly force in self defense only after demonstrating submission by avoiding conflict and then taking steps to retreat and demonstrate an intention not to fight.
Stand-your-ground laws allow one to engage in self-defense, using appropriate force up to and including deadly force if required, anywhere s/he is legally permitted to be. There is no duty to turn tail and run. There is, in almost all if not all jurisdictions, a requirement not to initiate or escalate the encounter. Read the rest of the Florida statute section. It is not permissible to instigate or escalate the situation, then using deadly force.
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In other words, what "Stand Your Ground" means varies by state and it is an overstated and exaggerated version of self-defense which has sparked some people to misinterpret and misapply the law. Thanks for thinking you cleared that up. LOL. This is all one big gooblygoob of exaggeration and redundancy. Smells like bullshit.
It is already the case that what constitutes self-defense varies by jurisdiction and not all jurisdictions have "duty to retreat" for self-defense.