Hiryuu
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Well to begin with let us examine exactly what the stand your ground law says.
'A person is justified in using or threatening to use deadly force if he or she reasonably believes that using or threatening to use such force is necessary to prevent imminent death or great bodily harm to himself or herself or another or to prevent the imminent commission of a forcible felony. A person who uses or threatens to use deadly force in accordance with this subsection does not have a duty to retreat and has the right to stand his or her ground if the person using or threatening to use the deadly force is not engaged in a criminal activity and is in a place where he or she has a right to be.'
Opinions on the Stand Your Ground Law are liable to vary depending on whether you are on the delivering or receiving end. If you shoot someone in the back, while they turn around (possibly to pick up a chair to beat you to death with), you better have a lawyer. The law is more likely to side with whoever got screwed in the exchange.