Shootings of people who mistakenly go to the wrong house test the limits of stand your ground laws

The fatal shooting in early November of a house cleaner who mistakenly went to the wrong address in Indiana feels hauntingly ...

Indiana fatal shooting renews questions about stand-your-ground laws and their limits. Here’s what to know

Maria Florinda Rios Perez De Velasquez’s mistaken arrival at the wrong Indiana address Wednesday cost her her life. As the ...
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Florida’s new open carry ruling combines with ‘stand your ground’ to create new freedoms – and new dangers

Stand your ground laws effectively expand the boundaries of the castle doctrine to the wider world, removing the duty to retreat and allowing people to use lethal force anywhere they have a legal ...

Florida’s new open carry law combines with ‘stand your ground’ to create new freedoms – and new dangers

Twenty years ago, Florida Gov. Jeb Bush signed the first “stand your ground” law, calling it a “good, common-sense, ...