everybodhi
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Florida stand your ground does not require you are inside your home and there is no duty to retreat but you lose immunity if you are in a place you are not legally allowed to be.Florida's castle doctrine only extends to a person's front door. The law wants for her to remain in her home. The bikers' argument hints on Florida's stand your ground law, which requires them to have been in a place they were legally allowed to be. If Sara ordered them off her property then they were not legally allowed to be there.
All this stuff becomes confusing because we live in a time when everybody thinks they have all the rights all the time.
Ideally the law wants for there to be a door between you and the threat, which crazily enough is also the most logical, tactical way to handle it as well. If someone is trying to break into your house then not only is the law clear but it is also simply much easier for you to shoot them than it is for them to shoot you.
However, in this case if I were a prosecutor (or a judge or a jury member) the clear implication is that Sara went out on her porch with her gun to order these dudes off her property and I would need to be convinced otherwise. Maybe they were familiar with the law though, went as far as the street and she continued to argue and brandish the weapon.
Maybe that's why it's taking so long. Forensic investigators may be painstakingly trying to conclusively establish exactly where the shot was fired from.
George Zimmerman was not in his home and was immune because he felt threatened.
That case also included an attempt at citizen’s arrest and detaining for LE of someone he suspected of a crime.