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ProgressiveProfessor

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1. The quoted material misstates the law and the standards

Reply to Ian David (Original post)

Thu Apr 26, 2012, 11:21 PM

Apr 2012

Castle Doctrine does not require the intruder be armed. Presence alone constitutes adequate cause. What the occupant said afterwards has no bearing. That doors were not secured has no bearing either.

Equal or lesser/minimum required force has not been the standard in the US for many years in most states.

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The quoted material misstates the law and the standards ProgressiveProfessor Apr 2012 #1

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Read some articles and none were really clear or were overly biased... AmazingSchnitzel Apr 2012 #3

It would certainly have bearing in the civil lawsuit madville Apr 2012 #4