Stand Your Ground laws became popular in America after the Florida Legislature passed its version in 2005. The language explicitly removed the “duty to retreat ...

Chud The Builder appeared in court today and the judge set a $1.25 million bond after the shooting of Joshua Fox outside the ...

This article is republished from The Conversation, an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts. Caroline Light is Senior Lecturer on Studies of Women, ...

Florida's Stand Your Ground law allows the use of deadly force without a duty to retreat if a person reasonably fears imminent death or great bodily harm. The law provides immunity from arrest, ...

On Nov. 17, Boone County Prosecutor Kent Eastwood filed voluntary manslaughter charges against Curt Andersen, who shot and killed Maria Florinda Ríos Pérez as she tried to enter the front door of his ...

Supporters argue the bill empowers law-abiding citizens to protect their property, while critics fear it will lead to unnecessary escalation and violence. If signed, Tennessee would join Texas as the ...

Does Nevada have a stand-your-ground law? The question recently resurfaced when, just before Christmas, a Summerlin man shot two men wearing all black and armed with an assault rifle who ran toward ...

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes, a Democrat, is facing calls to resign over recent comments she made about our state’s “Stand Your Ground” laws and ICE. Arizona’s self-defense ...

On Nov. 17, Boone County prosecutor Kent Eastwood filed voluntary manslaughter charges against Curt Andersen, who shot and killed Maria Florinda Ríos Pérez as she tried to enter the front door of his ...