Results: "Castle doctrine" and "Stand your ground" Laws
Published on 04/26/2023
Because “castle doctrine” and “stand your ground” laws vary across states, it can be difficult to define what may be protected. -NBC News
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"Stand your ground" laws give a person the right to use lethal force outside of their home when they reasonably perceive a threat is present. In 2005, Florida passed the first "stand your ground" law. Since then, at least 28 states and Puerto Rico have some form of a self-defense law that does not require a person to retreat from an attacker if they are in a place lawfully. Do you agree with stand your ground laws?
Yes
45%
1217 votes
No
21%
562 votes
Undecided
34%
921 votes
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The "castle doctrine" applies to a person's home or property and gives the person the right to defend their home and not retreat or run away. Do you agree with castle doctrine laws? Yes
56%
1525 votes
No
14%
390 votes
Undecided
29%
785 votes
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Which of these recent cases do you think have a strong case for either castle doctrine or stand your ground laws? A Missouri teenager who was shot after ringing the wrong doorbell while trying to pick up his younger siblings
8%
223 votes
A group of friends in New York pulling into the driveway of a home they thought belonged to another friend. The homeowner shot and killed one of the passengers.
8%
214 votes
A Texas cheerleader accidentally opening the door of the wrong car. Once she realized it was the wrong car, she left and the man got out of the car and shot at the cheerleaders
5%
147 votes
None
78%
2116 votes
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