[Armistead]

The Martin case is a bad example of stand your ground, more self defense. We just had a case where a white man caught two men robbing his barn, He said it was dark and one charged him, he shot him dead, the other ran. The one that ran was caught and said the man simply shot out of nowhere, no warning, command, etc. The Sheriff believed the man, no charges and said he stood his ground on his property.

I prefer the Castle laws, but I think they apply more to your personal property. If in public and you can safely retreat before using force, I think you should. Now, if someone trying to rob you, that's different.

It's tough, fight break out all the time, it would be dangerous every time someone got a slap to claim stand your ground, fear for life and blow people away.