Castle Doctrine

[thedub88]

Has anyone heared about Bill S.661? The Joint Committee on the Judiciary had a meeting on 2/7/12.

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The bill Section 8A. It shall be an act of lawful defense if a person, who is an occupant of a dwelling or in any place that they have a right to be, used deadly force, or less than deadly force, if he or she acted in the reasonable belief that an assailant was about to inflict great bodily injury or death upon themselves or upon another person who also had a right to be in the location. There shall be no duty on a person to retreat from any place that they have a right to be. An act of lawful defense as outlined in this section shall not be cause for arrest or prosecution. Further, an act of lawful defense under this section shall not be cause for the revocation of a license issued under sections, 122, 123, 129B or 131 of Chapter 140.

SECTION 2. Chapter 231: Section 85U. Death or injury to assailants; liability of defender

Section 85U. No person who has committed an act of lawful defense as outlined in section 8A of chapter 278 shall be held liable in an action for damages for death or injuries to an assailant.

 

[rdp357]

Florida has the Castle Doctrine, you can stand your ground and protect your family and property even if you have to kill the bad guy. Which is the way it should be.

 

[Phillip Gain]

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No news yet. The hearing was schedule for two days ago, so I presume it's taken place. But nothing further posted on the legislature website.

 

[Phillip Gain]

Here we go...from GOAL's Bill "An Act Relative to the Common Defense"

S.661 "An Act Relative to the Common Defense"
•Will provide explicit protection for those who use force, including deadly force, to protect themselves or others from great personal injury or death
•Provides specific language that would clearly define what an act of lawful defense is
•Protects a law abiding citizen that is involved in a self defense shooting from civil suits

February 8, 2012 Update:

Room B-1 at the State House was capacity only and our bill was heard along with many others. GOAL Executive Director Jim Wallace was in attendance and testified on behalf of the legislation.

GOAL would like to thank all of our members that took the time to attend, especially those that testified in support of this important legislation. We look forward to this bill becoming law, and will update as soon as the committee renders a decision. Please stay tuned to our channels for updates.

Please continue contacting your legislators and the committee members, ask that they support and vote favorably on this bill. See below for contact info.

 

[pf32450]

New Castle Doctrin for North Carolina went into effect on December 1st of last year. :dance3:

 

[Nightmare45]

Texas has this in force.