(GunReports.com) — U.S. Law Shield is distributing a free e-book that offers a quick overview of Stand Your Ground laws, and how several states currently implement the important self-defense concept.
Entitled “Murder Or Self-Defense?, The Law of Stand Your Ground,” the 6-page PDF is downloaded from the website FreeGunReport.com, which is not associated with GunReports.com.
You enter an email address, and a confirming email is sent to the address you provide. Then you click the confirm link, and the law firm sends the download link for the PDF. You can then read the PDF in a browser or download it to your desktop.
One interesting question answered in the e-book: Where did the legal term “Stand Your Ground” come from?
According to the pamphlet, “The Supreme Court of the United States ruled in Beard v. U.S. in 1895 that a man who was ‘on his premises’ when he came under attack and ‘… did not provoke the assault, and had at the time reasonable grounds to believe, and in good faith believed, that the deceased intended to take his life, or do him great bodily harm…’ was not obliged to retreat, nor to consider whether he could safely retreat, but was entitled to stand his ground.”
As well as a general discussion of “Stand Your Ground” and “Castle Doctrine” legalities, there are specific state guides for Texas and Florida that go into the topic in more detail. They can be downloaded through links in the original PDF.
