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chalky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-28-05 08:51 PM
Response to Reply #34
38. Breaking in? Sure. But looks like Lisa can just shoot Bob down in the
the front yard with the belief that he was going to break in.

From the article:

....Lisa can now "stand her ground" even if she is outside of her home. But to do so, she must "reasonably believe" that using deadly force is necessary to prevent "imminent" use of deadly force against herself or others....
Previously, all Lisa had to do to win her case was argue that she honestly and reasonably believed that she could not retreat safely. Now, she has to argue, instead -- somewhat similarly -- that she reasonably believed that if she didn't use deadly force, Bob imminently would.



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