Misleading headline. If you’re going to *ask* the question “Which state(s) protect you best?” , then you should *answer* it.
The article does a poor job of even illuminating which states e.g. offer immunity from civil suits, offering only a very incomplete list of examples.
Poor article, uncharactistic of Legal Insurrection.
Here is a photograph of my Vermont concealed carry permit:
If a person who used force in self-defense is nevertheless sued, and they successfully argue their claim to self-defense immunity at trial, the party suing them is subject to having to pay the defender’s attorney’s fees and other legal expenses. This rule applies in fourteen states, including Alaska, Florida, Idaho, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, Missouri, Montana, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, and Tennesse.
In thirteen of those states the statute provides that the court “shall” award such expenses where the defendant has successfully argued self-defense immunity. This gratifyingly takes the reimbursement of these expenses out of the hands of the trial court’s discretion...”
Might this protect Zimmerman from a civil suit byTrayvon’s parents...they may not want to chance having to pay his legal fees. -
I wonder if this can apply to the trial he just won? Hope so - He should also be able to sue for persecution in the trial even being brought in the first place - and certainly should be able to sue for ‘persection by the federal gov’t” - aka obumbles and his lackey, the AG - and the media
I pray he ends up with enough money to never have to work again - and were I him, I’d be looking at another country to live in.Certainlythis one isn’t safe for an innocent non-black man under this regime.
A state of armed readiness protects me best.
Not a very good article. It doesn’t even discuss or provide reference to Virginia that has some of the best protections around. Why? Because our right to self defense in VA is not codified. It’s all common law.
As for statutory protection, TX probably has the best. there is some right to protect property in TX with deadly force. But it’s still a bad idea. In my view deadly force is to be used to protect life and liberty, hard stop.