They seem to have been waiting on an incident like this, even though tis isn't a 'stand your ground' case, to attack this particular law.
Imagine what the absence of 'stand your ground' in other cases will do.
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Without raising too much rabble, I asked my attorney about my particular situation. I alternate residency between Florida and Delaware. Florida has a "Stand your Ground" law while Delaware does not.
I specifically asked about my lawful requirement to "flee" or "retreat" in Delaware if confronted by a threat. His opinion, while untested in court was simple: Because I am disabled, on oxygen 24 hours a day, and completely unable to flee anywhere, I would have no problem in either state with not retreating. For those others here who, if from age or illness, cannot reasonably be expected to retreat, you might also want to have some legal guidance in your particular state, from a real lawyer.
I don't intend to place myself in a position wherein I am ever again required to make a fateful decision of whether or not to discharge my weapon at someone, but you never know what life will place before you. Even in my home, if I were to retreat into my bedroom and lock the door, the intruder could simply turn-off my oxygen machine and I would slowly collapse from hypoxia. My duty to retreat, therefore is moot. While I am disabled, I still maintain a honed sense of situational awareness, so I hope to avoid any such situations.
Your mileage my vary, state to state, but it is something to think about. (For those wondering about my disability, I lost my left lung in a bizarre accident about 1 1/2 years ago.) I am ambulatory and don't use a wheel chair or such, but I simply can't walk the length of my house without getting winded. As far a "bugging-out" goes, I am just going to have to "bug-in" when it comes to that!
And so it goes...
