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Stand Your Ground States

Stand Your Ground States: compare 50 US states on 1 metric.

Law50 states · 1 metricUpdated May 23, 2025Original page
3 sources

Stand Your Ground/Self-Defense Law

3 values across 50 entries

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50 states
AlabamaStand Your Ground
AlaskaStand Your Ground
ArizonaStand Your Ground
ArkansasStand Your Ground
CaliforniaCastle Doctrine
ColoradoCastle Doctrine
ConnecticutDuty to Retreat
DelawareDuty to Retreat
FloridaStand Your Ground
GeorgiaStand Your Ground
HawaiiDuty to Retreat
IdahoStand Your Ground
IllinoisCastle Doctrine
IndianaStand Your Ground
IowaStand Your Ground
KansasStand Your Ground
KentuckyStand Your Ground
LouisianaStand Your Ground
MaineDuty to Retreat
MarylandDuty to Retreat
MassachusettsDuty to Retreat
MichiganStand Your Ground
MinnesotaDuty to Retreat
MississippiStand Your Ground
MissouriStand Your Ground
MontanaStand Your Ground
NebraskaDuty to Retreat
NevadaStand Your Ground
New HampshireStand Your Ground
New JerseyDuty to Retreat
New MexicoCastle Doctrine
New YorkDuty to Retreat
North CarolinaStand Your Ground
North DakotaDuty to Retreat
OhioStand Your Ground
OklahomaStand Your Ground
OregonCastle Doctrine
PennsylvaniaStand Your Ground
Rhode IslandDuty to Retreat
South CarolinaStand Your Ground
South DakotaStand Your Ground
TennesseeStand Your Ground
TexasStand Your Ground
UtahStand Your Ground
VermontCastle Doctrine
VirginiaCastle Doctrine
WashingtonCastle Doctrine
West VirginiaStand Your Ground
WisconsinDuty to Retreat
WyomingStand Your Ground

Quick answers

Where does this stand your ground states data come from?
Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: Self-Defense and ‘Stand Your Ground’ - National Conference of State Legislatures; States That Have Stand Your Ground Laws - FindLaw; What Is ‘Stand Your Ground?’ - USCCA.