Rhode Island is a stand your ground state. I'm not going to site the entire law but below is the salient sentence from it.

"There shall be no duty on the part of an owner, tenant, or occupier to retreat from any person engaged in the commission of any criminal offense enumerated in §§ 11-8-2" .

So said another way: I have a legal right not to retreat and to protect my family and property if someone is intent on committing a criminal offense toward me.

I think it's even more liberal than that. If someone is committing a crime in your home they pretty much forfeit any right to self defense and will be automatically presumed guilty.
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:-(

Stand your ground in rI is based around being at home. Not gonna work if your snagging pogies at India point.
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Eben, I'm unsure whether you are correct or not. Read this:

11-8-2 – 11-8-6, it shall be rebuttably presumed as a matter of law in any civil or criminal proceeding that the owner, tenant, or occupier of the place where the offense was committed acted by reasonable means in self-defense.

So if you are the occupier then you can defend yourself. Not sure of the definition of "occupier" but I will find out

I hope he's ok. Bad area, or even a not so bad area, there are those out their seeking trouble. Be careful, everyone!