People violently breaching a gate designed to delimit the boundary of private property, advancing on said private property, and yelling threats, however, DOES constitute reasonable fear that you are in imminent danger. The mob should be glad for the home owners' forebearance and patience, simply notifying the mob that they were armed and ready to defend themselves. Yet another defensive gun use in which no one was harmed.Missouri is a "stand your ground" state. People have the right to defend their home and property, period.
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Even though the Leftist MSM wants legal action against the McClosky's for threatening "peaceful protestors", the law is on their side.Couple pointing guns at protesters unlikely to face charges, law professor says
Could the gun-wielding attorneys find themselves in legal trouble? Not likely, according to one St. Louis law professorwww.ksdk.com
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Your comprehension on the meaning of "stand your ground" laws and the "castle doctrine" is on VERY shaky ground. You're not alone in lack of comprehension. These laws merely mean that you don't have a duty to retreat or remove yourself from danger in defending yourself or your home. That doesn't give you the right to shoot trespassers.
It also doesn't change your obligation not to use deadly force except to counter deadly force. YOU CANNOT KILL PEOPLE TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, ONLY YOUR LIFE OR THAT OF ANOTHER PERSON.
It is important to remember that deadly force can never be used simply to defend property against someone else’s interference with that property, even if that interference is unlawful and even if there is no other way to prevent that interference. See State v. Metcalfe, 212 N.W. 382 (Iowa 1927).
"Stand your ground" laws only apply to your ability to defend yourself outside your residence. Every jurisdiction which has passed "stand your ground laws" has seen a large increase in the numbers of murders in those states, because people think that give them the right to shoot people if they feel in any way threatened. The only legal grounds you have to shoot to kill, is the REASONABLE fear that your life is in danger.
Conservative paranoia and irrational fears of "others", be they black, Muslim, or gay", is not reasonable grounds for killing them.
'Stand Your Ground' Linked To Increase In Homicides
A controversial self-defense statute appears to produce more killings, according to a new study. Advocates for the law say it's working as designed. But researchers have different explanations about what might be happening.www.npr.org
Homicide rates rise after introduction of 'Stand Your Ground' self-defense law
A change in self-defense laws in Florida that gave citizens the right to use lethal force to protect themselves in public has been linked with the state's homicide rates going up by nearly a quarter.www.sciencedaily.com