Stand Your Ground eliminated the duty to retreat from self-defense law

Evidence

Under the initiative and pressure of the NRA, the state of Florida passed a law called “Stand Your Ground.” It permits individuals to use deadly force in public places with protection from criminal prosecution if they believe they face harm. Unlike under existing self-defense laws, under the new statute, individuals do not have the duty to retreat first. They can legally resort to deadly force if they believe they are in imminent peril. — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement, 1209 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

In many states in the past, permission to carry a concealed gun in public required a permit issued by the police department after a thorough background check. The Supreme Court’s narrow ruling in McDonald v. Chicago permitting a gun in the home for self-defense is widely misread as granting absolute gun rights. States rapidly stripped away these public safeguards after a politically driven national gun-rights campaign. These changes created a largely laissez-faire policy toward guns. — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement, 1361 (#complicates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Stand Your Ground laws removed the duty to retreat before using deadly force. — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement: How People Do Harm…, 1209; A narrow self-defense ruling was misread to justify dismantling gun safeguards — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement: How People Do Harm…, 1361; Some advocates propose a new legal regime of unconstrained lethal self-defense (+2 more)

Broader Connections

• Stand Your Ground laws removed the duty to retreat before using deadly force. #corroborates (1.00) — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement, 1209
• A narrow self-defense ruling was misread to justify dismantling gun safeguards #complicates (0.75) — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement, 1361