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Originally Posted by snowman
The article states:
"Oklahoma is one of 24 states which have laws allowing citizens to shoot someone if they believe the person threatens their safety, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures."
What??? Only 24? Can someone explain the above to me?
Pardon my ignorance, but something tells me that that statement doesn't, at the very least, tell the whole story -if it can even be regarded as factual as written. Or am I just not thinking correctly?
Regards,
Andy
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Quote out of context. They copied that number off the NCSL's website out of a much longer piece, according to which 24 states now have expressedly "stand your ground" laws; that doesn't really matter here, of course, because this is a "castle doctrine" case which, as the website also says, is pretty much accepted everywhere.