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            Everyone knows the fundamental rights we have as citizens, life liberty and the pursuit of happiness.  You may not know that in one of the pursuits, that being the right to life, in some states, murder is the solution to protect that right.  There are forty-three states in the U.S. with some type or variation of a “stand your ground” law.  The stand your ground law allows for the use of deadly force in situations where an individual feels threatened.  Out of the forty-three states only nineteen contain a,” duty to retreat” provision which means, that you are not allowed to resort to deadly force in self-defense if it is possible to safely avoid the risk of harm or death. In simple terms it means if you can avoid or leave the situation that should be your first option. That gives the citizens of twenty-four states the option of talking the life of another if they feel threatened, without having to consider retreat as an option.

            The focus of this argument will be on the states that do not have a duty to retreat prevision in their stand your ground laws.  Its every person’s right to defend themselves by any means necessary if they feel that their life is in danger and there is no way out of the situation.  The focus will be on the states that say, "shoot first and we will ask questions later.”

            The stand your ground law came to be as an extension of the existing “Castle Law”, a

law that states if you are on your property you do not have to attempt to retreat in order to use

deadly force to defend yourself.  The stand your ground law extends the castle law to include,

that if you are in a public place and are there lawfully, you have the right to use deadly force in

order to protect your life without   NOT DONE!