Agreed, as with most things in life "it depends" but my house and to some extent my extended property should be considered safe places where I have no duty to retreat. The perp has already committed trespassing and B&E. If they are not retreating when they find someone at home, knowing the homeowner may be armed, then I can assume they are also armed and represent a threat greater than property theft.

Also the duty to retreat assumes it is just my own life in danger, if there are other loved ones or pets in the house, where does that leave them?

Castle doctrine. You’re fine attacking someone in your home.

DTR requires that someone retreat if they reasonably believe that they’re able to safely. So if I’m in my car, and someone tries to carjack me, it’s probably a situation in which you’d be fine for self defense if you couldn’t just drive away.

Castle doctrine is pretty standard in common law. You don't have to retreat in your own home. > The castle doctrine in Maryland states that when a person is inside their home, they do not have to retreat. A homeowner is allowed to stand their ground and attempt to defend themselves against an intruder, as long as the use of force is reasonable.

I believe even in your own home you are obligated to perform "duty to retreat" first, which I do think is pretty insane. I feel like at the point that someone has entered your house illegally, they clearly have an intent to harm in some way, and you should be able to defend yourself proactively.

Edit: apparently this has changed! Which is great to know!

people here already act like maryland is a "if the other person made you mad" state

Damn, same copy and pasted response. This is the biggest flame out of a shitty argument purveyed by a moron that I’ve ever seen on Reddit

Yet you watched it and wasted your time on the subreddit…

I mean, you definitely just learned the word “whataboutism”

No one believes that justification. Just man up and admit you are morally full of bullshit and watched the WC and are now trying on a new socially aware hat to make yourself feel better and it didn’t go well

Hahaha most childish excuse I’ve heard in a while. Get your shit together kid

Does the law take into consideration location? I prefer duty to retreat except inside my own home. If someone comes into my house, I consider that an immediate threat to my partner and kids. Worst case scenario, I’d rather shoot someone inside my home than risk my kids being killed. I could live with myself in jail knowing I saved my family’s lives

Stand your ground

I prefer duty to retreat. I feel stand your ground is a lot more feelings-based and has too low a bar for lethal force. I don't want it to be acceptable to shoot someone because their skin color made their yelling seem life-threatening.

That said, duty to retreat might also have too high a bar. For instance, if someone's entire life is contained in and dependent on their vehicle, I don't think it is reasonable to expect them to abandon it if they have the means to defend themselves.

It's tricky all around, and I don't have info at hand to say which is more effective, or even what effective would mean with this issue. Are we more worried about people dying, or are we more worried about putting the burden on the victim of violent altercations to do the right thing?

Duty to retreat

SYG

It’s a really cool spot. Beer is pretty solid - it’s not going to blow you away and it isn’t super creative but if you just want classic styles, especially German ones, they do them pretty well. The food is similar - unspectacular but solid. And the place itself is beautiful. They also have a nice beer garden area out back with a lot of seating for when the weather gets nice again. Overall it’s a great addition to that neighborhood.

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I thought they had overflow parking the mall lot.

Then you’re free to not go watch the World Cup at a brewery, but that doesn’t make your original comment any less odd.

We’re 3 years into this, it’s not a pandemic anymore, it’s never going away, vaccines are readily available, and it’s not sensible or realistic to expect people to just stop participating in social activities 3-4 months out of the year en masse for the rest of time, even if you personally don’t think it’s worth the risk.

It’s really unfortunate and kind of sad that your instinctive reaction to seeing a picture of people participating in a normal social activity and supporting a local business is still “oh my god these people are going to get sick”. It’s not May 2020 anymore.

Went to Guilford on a whim during and was astounded at how gorgeous it is! Need to go back and actually try the menu

There’s a lot of French folk in the city!

Nah. We're back to pandemic levels of transmission. The flu this year is really bad. Wearing a mask indoors is recommend again. The risk is pretty high.

I'm also not a people person, and certainly not a crowded place person no matter the circumstances. I'm happiest hanging out with 3 close friends, or trail riding in the open with friends.

Anthony Davis approves 👍

Just took it this weekend, plenty of parking- as others have said, park in the west lot (it is marked) and print out the pass. Easy. Bus was easy too, full but ran more or less on time and smooth trip overall.