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Originally Posted by rwsmith
In SC we have a 'duty to retreat' in an attack but in the home we have the 'castle doctrine'. In the past that meant the police came and determined whoever it was that broke in and calling self defense, don't pursue it further. You can be questioned or beat with rubber hoses, but around here if somebody has broken into your home, it never goes further.
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No, sir. You have no duty to retreat if you are where you have the right to be:
'SECTION 16-11-440
(C) A person who is not engaged in an unlawful activity and who is attacked in another place where he has a right to be, including, but not limited to, his place of business, has no duty to retreat and has the right to stand his ground and meet force with force, including deadly force, if he reasonably believes it is necessary to prevent death or great bodily injury to himself or another person or to prevent the commission of a violent crime as defined in Section 16-1-60.'
Castle Doctrine extends beyond the castle walls!