He was never charged in Oklahoma because investigators couldn’t rule out self-defense, but he was charged ... the teen was Baker Acted under a Florida law that allows the state to ...

Carrying a firearm for self-defense is ... confrontations in public. Florida prohibits the open carry of handguns and long guns and has a permitless concealed carry law that makes it legal to ...

The first thing to know about “Stand Your Ground” is that traditional self-defense law often imposed a legal duty to retreat before using defensive force if a safe avenue of retreat was available.