Legislature's creation of “Stand Your Ground” law expanded the right of self-defense and abolished the common law duty to retreat when a person uses deadly force in self-defense to prevent imminent great bodily harm or death; in other words, “Stand Your Ground” law creates a new affirmative defense for situations in which one may use deadly force without first retreating.
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Therefore in this Court, at least, it is not a condition of immunity that one in that situation should pause to consider whether a reasonable man might not think it possible to fly with safety or to disable his assailant rather than to kill him.
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