What Is Stand Your Ground Law?

What Is Stand Your Ground Law?

Cash My Guns holds the right to bear arms in the highest regard, but we realize that the laws that govern self-defense while using a firearm can be difficult to understand. Gunowners and non-gunowners alike may wonder, what is stand your ground law? In this article we define in broad terms what these laws do, the nuances of law that vary state to state and the options available to gunowners who are unsure if they have the capacity or wherewithal to appropriately use lethal force in self-dense.

What Is Stand Your Ground Law?

According to Wikipedia,“Stand your ground” laws are state laws, using various verbiage, that describe the parameters under which civilians can legally use lethal force to defend themselves or others from perceived or confirmed imminent threats of bodily harm or death. The laws further specify that regardless if safe retreat from the threat or perceived threat is possible, defendants may still use lethal force in self-defense during certain scenarios. These laws are also known as“line in the sand”, “no duty to retreat” and “shoot first” laws. These laws often include verbiage that specifies that the defendant has no “duty to retreat” from any location where the defendant is legally allowed to be.

Nuances to Stand Your Ground Laws

Various factors influence the legality of lethal force in self-defense situations.Following are some of those factors.

Locations of Defendant and Assailant: The location of the defendant, the person claiming self-dense, is important in defining if lethal force is permitted. Permissible and non-permissible locations depend on:public property or private property, inside a home or not, inside a vehicle or not, operating a motorized vehicle or nonmotorized vehicle and more. Unexpected locations of habitation that protect use of lethal force for self-defense include: tents, bicycles, leased land and more. The location of the assailant in proximity to the defendant also impacts the legality of use of lethal force.For example, a defendant may be permitted to use lethal force if defending himself or herself in his or her home (castle doctrine),but not in his or her front yard.

According to Giffords Law Center, in some states the law says, “[W]hen a person is confronted with a possible threat to his or her safety in a public place, the person must retreat before using deadly force if doing so is practical and safe,”whereas, “Florida’s shoot first law radically departs from these traditional principles, providing that a person who reasonably believes that deadly force is necessary to prevent imminent death or great bodily harm has no duty to retreat from a confrontation outside the home before engaging in deadly force.”

The Criminality Level of the Assailant: Many states have a provision in their stand-your-ground law that details that the assailant must be engaged in “unlawful activity” for it to be legal for the defendant to use lethal force (Wikipedia).The level of the assailant’s criminality, misdemeanor or felony for example, is relevant. For example, whether the assailant is engaged in misdemeanor destruction of property, misdemeanor trespassing, felony grand theft auto or felony aggravated assault may impact the legality of the defendant’s use of lethal force. Many laws only permit lethal force, “under conditions of extreme necessity and last resort,” (Wikipedia).

Permissible Level of Threat: Stand-your-ground laws often try to define what level of threat permits use of lethal force in self-defense. For example, an unarmed assailant exerting no force on the defendant, but still engaged in a crime presents one scenario. Should the same assailant lay hands on the defendant,that changes the scenario. Introduction of a non-lethal weapon such as a baseball bat changes the scenario. Introduction of a brandished gun changes the scenario. Introduction of a raised gun can also change the legality of self-defense using lethal force. Many laws, “center around the acts committed,and whether or not those acts are considered reasonable in the circumstances,”(Wikipedia).

Which Party Bears the Burden of Proving Innocence or Guilt? According to Giffords Law Center, “In 2017, Florida’s legislature passed an …amendment to its “Shoot First” law: a “burden-shifting” law that would require prosecutors to prove at the pretrial hearing that a criminal defendant who shot someone is not entitled to immunity from prosecution. 4 This reverses the old procedure, where defendants who use deadly force needed to make an initial showing that Stand Your Ground applies to them.” The law was later struck down.

Level of Immunity the Law Provides to the Defendant: Stand-your-ground laws often detail law enforcement’s ability or not to arrest the shooter claiming self-defense. These laws also detail the state’s ability to prosecute the shooter, and also the civil liability that can be brought against the defendant (Giffords Law Center).

What States Have Stand Your Ground Law Provisions?

Every state in the United States has debated, enacted or failed to enact laws regarding use of force in self-defense. No federal stand-your-ground laws exist. States have various options regarding these policies including legislation, case law / precedent, jury instruction and more. According to Wikipedia:

“The states that have legislatively adopted stand-your-ground laws are Alabama,^[5] Alaska,^[6] Arizona,^[7] Florida,^[8] Georgia,Idaho, Indiana, Iowa,^[9] Kansas,^[10] Kentucky, Louisiana,^[7] Michigan,^[7] Mississippi, Missouri,^[11] Montana,^[7] Nevada, New Hampshire,^[7] North Carolina,^[12] Oklahoma,^[7] Pennsylvania,^[13] South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee,^[7] Texas,^[14] Utah,^[15] West Virginia^[7] and Wyoming.^[16]

The states that have adopted stand-your-ground in practice,^[17] either through case law/precedent, jury instructions or by other means, are California,^[18][19] Colorado,^[20][21] Illinois,New Mexico, Oregon, Virginia,^[22] and Washington.

States that have adopted stand-your-ground, but limit it to only when a person is within their vehicle,are North Dakota, Ohio, and Wisconsin.

The states that have castle doctrine only with the duty to retreat in public are Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware,Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Nebraska, New York, New Jersey, and Rhode Island. This means that people can use deadly force in their home, car,or other form of abode but have to retreat in public.

Vermont and Washington, D.C. require citizens to flee from criminal assailants, even within their own homes.”

Are There Regional Commonalities to Stand Your Ground Laws?

Lay persons outside the legal system sometimes hold misguided ideas about what stand-your-ground laws typically say depending on the region of the country enacting them. For example, many still believe that western states operate on policies characteristic of the “wild west.” Similar stereotypes exist for the Midwest, the Northeast, the South, etc. In actuality, stand-your-ground laws vary greatly state to state independent of geographic region. In the following, we show that stand-your-ground laws vary greatly state to state in the Western states.

Stand Your Ground Law California:

According to the Giffords Law Center, “Six additional states—California, Illinois, New Mexico, Oregon, Virginia, and Washington—permit the use of deadly force in self-defense in public with no duty to retreat through a combination of statutes, judicial decisions, and/or jury instructions. These states are distinct from true “Florida-style” laws in several respects, however. For one,many of the shoot first protections established in these states may only be invoked during criminal trials, as opposed to the Florida law and the ALEC model, which enable a shooter to escape liability in a pretrial hearing.Additionally, these states do not have some of the especially onerous elements found in the Florida law, such as the provision preventing law enforcement from arresting a shooter without probable cause that the force used was unlawful.”

Nevada Stand Your Ground Law (Nev. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 200.120(2)):

NRS 200.120  “Justifiable homicide” defined; no duty to retreat under certain circumstances.

      1.  Justifiable homicide is the killing of a human being in necessary self-defense, or in defense of an occupied habitation, an occupied motor vehicle or a person, against one who manifestly intends or endeavors to commit a crime of violence, or against any person or persons who manifestly intend and endeavor, in a violent, riotous, tumultuous or surreptitious manner, to enter the occupied habitation or occupied motor vehicle, of another for the purpose of assaulting or offering personal violence to any person dwelling or being therein.

      2.  A person is not required to retreat before using deadly force as provided in subsection 1 if the person:

      (a) Is not the original aggressor;

      (b) Has a right to be present at the location where deadly force is used; and

      (c) Is not actively engaged in conduct in furtherance of criminal activity at the time deadly force is used.

      3.  As used in this section:

      (a) “Crime of violence” means any felony for which there is a substantial risk that force or violence may be used against the person or property of another in the commission of the felony.

      (b) “Motor vehicle” means every vehicle which is self-propelled.

     [1911 C&P § 129; RL § 6394; NCL § 10076] — (NRS A 1983,518; 2011,265; 2015,1781)

Washington Stand Your Ground Law:

According to the Giffords Law Center, “Six additional states—California, Illinois, New Mexico, Oregon, Virginia, and Washington—permit the use of deadly force in self-defense in public with no duty to retreat through a combination of statutes, judicial decisions, and/or jury instructions. These states are distinct from true “Florida-style” laws in several respects, however. For one,many of the shoot first protections established in these states may only be invoked during criminal trials, as opposed to the Florida law and the ALEC model, which enable a shooter to escape liability in a pretrial hearing.Additionally, these states do not have some of the especially onerous elements found in the Florida law, such as the provision preventing law enforcement from arresting a shooter without probable cause that the force used was unlawful.”

Oregon Stand Your Ground Law:

According to the Giffords Law Center, “Six additional states—California, Illinois, New Mexico, Oregon, Virginia, and Washington—permit the use of deadly force in self-defense in public with no duty to retreat through a combination of statutes, judicial decisions, and/or jury instructions. These states are distinct from true “Florida-style” laws in several respects, however. For one,many of the shoot first protections established in these states may only be invoked during criminal trials, as opposed to the Florida law and the ALEC model, which enable a shooter to escape liability in a pretrial hearing. Additionally, these states do not have some of the especially onerous elements found in the Florida law, such as the provision preventing law enforcement from arresting a shooter without probable cause that the force used was unlawful.”

Stand Your Ground Law In Arizona (Ariz. Rev. Stat. §§ 13-405(B); 13-411(B); 13-418(B)):

13-405. Justification; use of deadly physical force

A. A person is justified in threatening or using deadly physical force against another:

1. If such person would be justified in threatening or using physical force against the other under section 13-404, and

2. When and to the degree a reasonable person would believe that deadly physical force is immediately necessary to protect himself against the other’s use or attempted use of unlawful deadly physical force.

B. A person has no duty to retreat before threatening or using deadly physical force pursuant to this section if the person is in a place where the person may legally be and is not engaged in an unlawful act.

13-411. Justification; use of force in crime prevention; applicability

A. A person is justified in threatening or using both physical force and deadly physical force against another if and to the extent the person reasonably believes that physical force or deadly physical force is immediately necessary to prevent the other’s commission of arson of an occupied structure under section 13-1704, burglary in the second or first degree under section 13-1507 or 13-1508, kidnapping under section 13-1304, manslaughter under section 13-1103, second or first degree murder under section 13-1104 or 13-1105, sexual conduct with a minor under section 13-1405, sexual assault under section 13-1406, child molestation under section 13-1410, armed robbery under section 13-1904 or aggravated assault under section 13-1204, subsection A, paragraphs 1 and 2.

B. There is no duty to retreat before threatening or using physical force or deadly physical force justified by subsection A of this section.

C. A person is presumed to be acting reasonably for the purposes of this section if the person is acting to prevent what the person reasonably believes is the imminent or actual commission of any of the offenses listed in subsection A of this section.

D. This section includes the use or threatened use of physical force or deadly physical force in a person’s home, residence, place of business, land the person owns or leases, conveyance of any kind, or any other place in this state where a person has a right to be.

13-418. Justification; use of force in defense of residential structure or occupied vehicles; definitions

A. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a person is justified in threatening to use or using physical force or deadly physical force against another person if the person reasonably believes himself or another person to be in imminent peril of death or serious physical injury and the person against whom the physical force or deadly physical force is threatened or used was in the process of unlawfully or forcefully entering, or had unlawfully or forcefully entered, a residential structure or occupied vehicle, or had removed or was attempting to remove another person against the other person’s will from the residential structure or occupied vehicle.

B. A person has no duty to retreat before threatening or using physical force or deadly physical force pursuant to this section.

C. For the purposes of this section:

1. “Residential structure” has the same meaning prescribed in section 13-1501.

2. “Vehicle” means a conveyance of any kind, whether or not motorized, that is designed to transport persons or property.

Stand Your Ground Law Idaho (Idaho Code §§ 18-4009, 19-202A):

18-4009.  JUSTIFIABLE HOMICIDE BY ANY PERSON. (1) Homicide is justifiable when committed by any person in any of the following cases:

(a)  When resisting any attempt to murder any person, or to commit a felony, or to do some great bodily injury upon any person;

(b)  When committed in defense of habitation, a place of business or employment, occupied vehicle, property or person, against one who manifestly intends or endeavors, by violence or surprise, to commit a felony, or against one who manifestly intends and endeavors, in a violent, riotous or tumultuous manner, to enter the habitation, place of business or employment or occupied vehicle of another for the purpose of offering violence to any person therein;

(c)  When committed in the lawful defense of such person, or of a wife or husband, parent, child, master, mistress or servant of such person, when there is reasonable ground to apprehend a design to commit a felony or to do some great bodily injury, and imminent danger of such design being accomplished; but such person, or the person in whose behalf the defense was made, if he was the assailant or engaged in mortal combat, must really and in good faith have endeavored to decline any further struggle before the homicide was committed; or

(d)  When necessarily committed in attempting, by lawful ways and means, to apprehend any person for any felony committed, or in lawfully suppressing any riot, or in lawfully keeping and preserving the peace.

(2)  For purposes of subsection (1)(b) of this section, a person who unlawfully and by force or by stealth enters or attempts to enter a habitation, place of business or employment or occupied vehicle is presumed to be doing so with the intent to commit a felony.

(3)  For purposes of this section:

(a)  “Habitation” means any building, inhabitable structure or conveyance of any kind, whether the building, inhabitable structure or conveyance is temporary or permanent, mobile or immobile, including a tent, and is designed to be occupied by people lodging therein at night, and includes a dwelling in which a person resides either temporarily or permanently or is visiting as an invited guest, and includes the curtilage of any such dwelling.

(b)  “Place of business or employment” means a commercial enterprise or establishment owned by a person as all or part of the person’s livelihood or is under the owner’s control or under control of an employee or agent of the owner with responsibility for protecting persons and property and shall include the interior and exterior premises of the place of business or employment.

(c)  “Vehicle” means any motorized vehicle that is self-propelled and designed for use on public highways to transport people or property.

History:

[18-4009, added 1972, ch. 336, sec. 1, p. 930; am. 2018, ch. 222, sec. 1, p. 500.]

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19-202A.   DEFENSE OF SELF, OTHERS AND CERTAIN PLACES. (1) No person in this state shall be placed in legal jeopardy of any kind whatsoever for protecting himself or his family by reasonable means necessary, or when coming to the aid of another whom he reasonably believes to be in imminent danger of or the victim of aggravated assault, robbery, rape, murder or other heinous crime.

(2)  The defense of self or of another does not require a person to wait until he or she ascertains whether the danger is apparent or real. A person confronted with such danger has a clear right to act upon appearances such as would influence the action of a reasonable person.

(3)  In the exercise of the right of self-defense or defense of another, a person need not retreat from any place that person has a right to be. A person may stand his ground and defend himself or another person by the use of all force and means which would appear to be necessary to a reasonable person in a similar situation and with similar knowledge without the benefit of hindsight. The provisions of this subsection shall not apply to a person incarcerated in jail or prison facilities when interacting with jail or prison staff who are acting in their official capacities.

(4)  In any prosecution for the unlawful use of force,including deadly force, or the attempted or threatened use of force contrary to title 18, Idaho Code, the burden is on the prosecution to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the use of force, attempted use of force or threat to use force was not justifiable.

(5)  A person using force or deadly force in defense of a habitation, place of business or employment or occupied vehicle as defined in section 18-4009(3), Idaho Code, is presumed to have acted reasonably and had a reasonable fear of imminent peril of death or serious bodily injury if the force is used against a person whose entry or attempted entry therein is unlawful and is made or attempted by use of force, or in a violent and tumultuous manner, or surreptitiously or by stealth, or for the purpose of committing a felony.

History:

[19-202A, added 1974, ch. 238, sec. 1, p. 1601; am. 2018, ch. 222, sec. 5, p. 502.]

Utah Stand Your Ground Law (Utah Code Ann. § 76-2-402):

Effective 5/8/2018

76-2-402.  Force in defense of person — Forcible felony defined.

(1)      

(a)       A person is justified in threatening or using force against another when and to the extent that the person reasonably believes that force or a threat of force is necessary to defend the person or a third person against another person’s imminent use of unlawful force.

(b)       A person is justified in using force intended or likely to cause death or serious bodily injury only if the person reasonably believes that force is necessary to prevent death or serious bodily injury to the person or a third person as a result of another person’s imminent use of unlawful force, or to prevent the commission of a forcible felony.

(2)      

(a)       A person is not justified in using force under the circumstances specified in Subsection (1) if the person:

(i)         initially provokes the use of force against the person with the intent to use force as an excuse to inflict bodily harm upon the assailant;

(ii)        is attempting to commit, committing, or fleeing after the commission or attempted commission of a felony, unless the use of force is a reasonable response to factors unrelated to the commission, attempted commission, or fleeing after the commission of that felony; or

(iii)       was the aggressor or was engaged in a combat by agreement, unless the person withdraws from the encounter and effectively communicates to the other person his intent to do so and, notwithstanding, the other person continues or threatens to continue the use of unlawful force.

(b)       For purposes of Subsection (2)(a)(iii) the following do not, by themselves, constitute “combat by agreement”:

(i)         voluntarily entering into or remaining in an ongoing relationship; or

(ii)        entering or remaining in a place where one has a legal right to be.

(3)       A person does not have a duty to retreat from the force or threatened force described in Subsection (1) in a place where that person has lawfully entered or remained, except as provided in Subsection (2)(a)(iii).

(4)      

(a)       For purposes of this section, a forcible felony includes aggravated assault, mayhem, aggravated murder, murder, manslaughter, kidnapping, and aggravated kidnapping, rape, forcible sodomy, rape of a child, object rape, object rape of a child, sexual abuse of a child, aggravated sexual abuse of a child, and aggravated sexual assault as defined in Title 76, Chapter 5, Offenses Against the Person, and arson, robbery, and burglary as defined in Title 76, Chapter 6, Offenses Against Property.

(b)       Any other felony offense which involves the use of force or violence against a person so as to create a substantial danger of death or serious bodily injury also constitutes a forcible felony.

(c)        Burglary of a vehicle, defined in Section 76-6-204, does not constitute a forcible felony except when the vehicle is occupied at the time unlawful entry is made or attempted.

(5)       In determining imminence or reasonableness under Subsection (1), the trier of fact may consider, but is not limited to, any of the following factors:

(a)       the nature of the danger;

(b)       the immediacy of the danger;

(c)        the probability that the unlawful force would result in death or serious bodily injury;

(d)       the other’s prior violent acts or violent propensities; and

(e)       any patterns of abuse or violence in the parties’ relationship.

Amended by Chapter 324, 2018 General Session

Montana Stand Your Ground Law (Mont. Code. Ann.§ 45-3-110)

No Duty To Summon Help Or Flee

45-3-110. No duty to summon help or flee. Except as provided in 45-3-105, a person who is lawfully in a place or location and who is threatened with bodily injury or loss of life has no duty to retreat from a threat or summon law enforcement assistance prior to using force. The provisions of this section apply to a person offering evidence of justifiable use of force under 45-3-102, 45-3-103, or 45-3-104.

History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 332, L. 2009.

Wyoming Stand Your Ground Law (WY Stat § 6-2-602 (1997 through Reg Sess)):

(a) A person is presumed to have held a reasonable fear of imminent peril of death or serious bodily injury to himself or another when using defensive force that is intended or likely to cause death or serious bodily injury to another if:

(i) The intruder against whom the defensive force was used was in the process of unlawfully and forcefully entering, or had unlawfully and forcibly entered, another’s home or habitation or, if that intruder had removed or was attempting to remove another against his will from his home or habitation; and

(ii) The person who uses defensive force knew or had reason to believe that an unlawful and forcible entry or unlawful and forcible act was occurring.

(b) The presumption set forth in subsection (a) of this section does not apply if:

(i) The person against whom the defensive force is used has a right to be in or is a lawful resident of the home or habitation, such as an owner, lessee or titleholder, and there is not an injunction for protection from domestic violence or a written pretrial supervision order of no contact against that person;

(ii) The person sought to be removed is a child or grandchild, or is otherwise in the lawful custody or under the lawful guardianship of, the person against whom the defensive force is used; or

(iii) The person against whom the defensive force is used is a peace officer who enters or attempts to enter another’s home or habitation in the performance of his official duties.

(c) A person who unlawfully and by force enters or attempts to enter another’s home or habitation is presumed to be doing so with the intent to commit an unlawful act involving force or violence.

(d) As used in this section:

(i) “Habitation” means any structure which is designed or adapted for overnight accommodation, including, but not limited to, buildings, modular units, trailers, campers and tents;

(ii) “Home” means any occupied residential dwelling place.

Disclaimer: These codes may not be the most recent version. Wyoming may have more current or accurate information. We make no warranties or guarantees about the accuracy, completeness,or adequacy of the information contained on this site or the information linked to on the state site. Please check official sources.

Stand Your Ground Law Colorado (Excerpts from David Olinger’s Denver Post Article: Colorado gun laws afford rights to those shooting in self-defense):

“Colorado doesn’t have a “stand your ground” law that allows gun owners, under certain circumstances, to use deadly force on the streets even if they have an option to retreat.

But state law and case history provide some level of immunity to those who use deadly force in self-defense in Colorado, prosecutors said. And the state was the first to enact “make my day” legislation, giving homeowners immunity if they shoot and kill intruders, still one of the strongest such laws in the country.

A person killed in a justifiable homicide in Colorado may be armed with no more than his fists.”

“In Colorado, to use a gun in self-defense, the shooter must have reason to believe that he or someone else would otherwise suffer serious bodily injury or death. In effect, the law affords protection similar to that provided under “stand your ground,” Denver District Attorney Mitch Morrissey said.”

“Introduced in 1985 as the Homeowner Protection Act, “make my day” gives Colorado residents the right to shoot and kill an intruder if they believe the person intends to commit a crime and use physical force, “no matter how slight.” That extraordinary right stops at the door. Front porches and backyards don’t count.

As a result, criminal charges can vary vastly, depending on whether a shooting occurred inside or outside the threshold.”

“There’s a marked difference between what you can do in your home and what you can do in your yard,” Morrissey said.

But in Colorado, as in Florida, fists can be deemed deadly weapons that justify gun use outside the home.”

“Twenty-eight years after its enactment, “the ‘make my day’ statute is a unique animal,” said Scott Robinson, a prominent Denver criminal defense lawyer. “It’s one of a kind in the United States.”

He said homeowners who meet the law’s criteria can be found immune from prosecution and lawsuits, can be exonerated before trial by either the district attorney or a judge and can raise the same defense if the case goes to trial.

And inside the home, the threat level justifying gun use is low.”

New Mexico Stand Your Ground Law:

According to the Giffords Law Center, “Six additional states—California, Illinois, New Mexico, Oregon, Virginia, and Washington—permit the use of deadly force in self-defense in public with no duty to retreat through a combination of statutes, judicial decisions, and/or jury instructions. These states are distinct from true “Florida-style” laws in several respects, however. For one,many of the shoot first protections established in these states may only be invoked during criminal trials, as opposed to the Florida law and the ALEC model, which enable a shooter to escape liability in a pretrial hearing.Additionally, these states do not have some of the especially onerous elements found in the Florida law, such as the provision preventing law enforcement from arresting a shooter without probable cause that the force used was unlawful.

Methods to Avoid Illegal Self-Defense

Cash My Guns knows that it can be difficult to determine what level of force is permitted in self-defense depending on the situation, place and other factors. We want all our customers to feel safe and that they have the ability to defend that safety, but we also know that the threats of criminal charges and civil litigation can make lethal self-defense a reluctant option.

In place of using guns for self-dense, a number of highly effective non-lethal options exist. Such options include: tasers, taser guns, blade weapons, blunt objects (baseball bats, wrenches, hammers, etc.), enhanced building security, mace and more.

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