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Stand Your Ground Law

kaotikbluekaotikblue Member Posts: 143 ✭✭✭
edited May 2006 in General Discussion
I live in Michigan right now, and want to move to another state because of the strict laws here, I am considering Montana. I know the gun laws already, I just wanted to know if they have a stand your ground law, or some other self-defense law, mainly I want to know what kind of force you can use if someone goes on your property, or tries to break into your home.
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  • RosieRosie Member Posts: 14,525 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Hell man. Just drive south a few miles to Indiana. As far as guns go it don't get any better.
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  • The LawThe Law Member Posts: 2,287 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Michigan sucks....and "The Law" rules...[:0]
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  • spanielsellsspanielsells Member Posts: 12,498
    edited November -1
    Montana is beautiful. One of the things you want to watch out for is their civil legal system, however, particularly as it relates to personal torts.

    The insurance company that I wrote for pulled out of Montana because it was simply too expensive to do business there in the current legal climate. The few claims I handled there were logistical nightmares.

    In Colorado (not that we want more people, but any good, conservative people are welcome to offset the nutfudges), we have a Make My Day law. It states that you are clear within your rights to use whatever means necessary, including that of deadly force, if you believe that your life may be in immediate danger.

    There are some caveats to the rule, just as there are with any other rule.

    1. The guy must be inside your home or your vehicle. Your business does not count.

    2. You cannot shoot the guy in the back. If he was running away, your life wasn't in danger and you will be convicted for murder or manslaughter.

    3. You cannot shoot the guy if he is trespessing outside your home. Let me just tell you that you will get caught if you drag the guy inside your home or through the window of your house. That's the first thing they tend to check for.

    4. You cannot shoot the guy just because he's stealing from you. IOW, if you don't perceive your life to be in immediate danger, you can't pull the trigger.

    The good news is that Colorado also has laws preventing criminals from suing because they were injured in the course of committing a crime. So, if say, a guy busted out your car window to steal your stereo and sliced open an artery in the process (one could only hope for good luck like that), then he couldn't come back and sue you for his injury. Likewise, if the guy trespasses on your property in order to break into your house and your doberman chews him up into a fine, red paste, he can't sue.
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  • dlrjjdlrjj Member Posts: 5,529 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Rosie is correct, the laws here allow most anything. You don't have to run far if you just want to get away from the restrictive hassles.
    Tax evasion is illegal, tax avoidance is an art form.
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