Man fishing in Springfield assaulted, robbed

[Liv2Fish]

Originally Posted by piemma

What! No "stand your ground" law in Mass?

I wish! It's actually about as opposite as you can get....There's a mandatory minimum of a year for gun violations. Do you think any of the thugs caught with illegal guns do that? Nope! They give them an EBT card and say "stop robbing people for at least a year or you'll really be in trouble"....It's nuts. Got a buddy in NH where you can carry exposed and actually use it if you needed. Not here with "protect them all Duval! in office.

[piemma]

Originally Posted by Liv2Fish

I wish! It's actually about as opposite as you can get....There's a mandatory minimum of a year for gun violations. Do you think any of the thugs caught with illegal guns do that? Nope! They give them an EBT card and say "stop robbing people for at least a year or you'll really be in trouble"....It's nuts. Got a buddy in NH where you can carry exposed and actually use it if you needed. Not here with "protect them all Duval! in office.

WOW!!! I had no idea.

[piemma]

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.

[spence]

Originally Posted by piemma

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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