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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.
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