Reason Magazine recently published an article comparing “Stand Your Ground” doctrine to “Duty to Retreat.” This includes a chart allowing you to see which doctrine your state follows. It’s carefully described and helpful for those who want to better understand this issue. Title of the article: “3/4 of States Are Now Stand Your Ground; only 12 Are Duty to Retreat: But what exactly do these terms mean?”
The Meaning of “Stand Your Ground”
- Post author:Erich Vieth
- Post published:April 21, 2021
- Post category:Law
- Post comments:1 Comment
Erich Vieth
Erich Vieth is an attorney focusing on civil rights (including First Amendment), consumer law litigation and appellate practice. At this website often writes about censorship, corporate news media corruption and cognitive science. He is also a working musician, artist and a writer, having founded Dangerous Intersection in 2006. Erich lives in St. Louis, Missouri with his two daughters.
We need agreed, not imposed, definitions of terms and phrases. The hallmark of the illiberal is gaining control of the narrative by defining terms for everyone else.