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Originally Posted by rjoefish
This is why I am really against some of the new gun laws proposed in Iowa. One is that you can justifiably kill anyone you *think* is committing or about to commit a 'serious felony' and whether or not you could have retreated can't be taken into account.
No one should have to retreat if they are in a public place, and virtually all self defense laws are written to allow for a reasonable person standard (if a reasonable person would have had cause to believe yada yada). This case is weird because the neighborhood watch dude seems to have instigated the incident, and I've never heard of a stand your ground law allowing a person to instigate a confrontation.
ETA: I did hear or read a report that said the neighborhood watch guy had defensive wounds, that maybe causing the prosecution to take it's time. Still, I don't see how self defense can come into play if the neighborhood watch guy followed the kid, and got out of his vehicle to confront the kid.