National Carry AcademyMaryland Laws for Use of Deadly Force
January 10, 2016
To know more about the laws on the people’s right of self-defense in the state of Maryland, check this Wikipedia link. This is so far the only reliable information found in the Internet that is related to the laws on using deadly force.
Because most of the self-defense laws in Maryland are based on Case law and not statute, they also follow the common law that an individual outside his property has the responsibility “‘to retreat or avoid danger if such means were within his power and consistent with his safety,’ before resorting immediately to the use of deadly forces. If it’s not safe for him to retreat, then the use of a deadly force is reasonable. “[I]f the peril of the defendant was imminent, he did not have to retreat but had a right to stand his ground and to defend and protect himself.”
It is also stated in the common law that one’s duty to retreat is not applicable to his own home. “[A] man faced with the danger of an attack upon his dwelling need not retreat from his home to escape the danger, but instead may stand his ground and, if necessary to repel the attack, may kill the attacker.”
“A man is not bound to retreat from his house. He may stand his ground there and kill an[y] person who attempts to commit a felony therein, or who attempts to enter by force for the purpose of committing a felony, or of inflicting great bodily harm upon an inmate. In such a case the owner or any member of the family, or even a lodger in the house, may meet the intruder at the threshold, and prevent him from entering by any means rendered necessary by the exigency, even to the taking of his life, and the homicide will be justifiable.” To know more about the common law, read through this link.
Maryland Laws for Use of Deadly Force
January 10, 2016
To know more about the laws on the people’s right of self-defense in the state of Maryland, check this Wikipedia link. This is so far the only reliable information found in the Internet that is related to the laws on using deadly force.
Because most of the self-defense laws in Maryland are based on Case law and not statute, they also follow the common law that an individual outside his property has the responsibility “‘to retreat or avoid danger if such means were within his power and consistent with his safety,’ before resorting immediately to the use of deadly forces. If it’s not safe for him to retreat, then the use of a deadly force is reasonable. “[I]f the peril of the defendant was imminent, he did not have to retreat but had a right to stand his ground and to defend and protect himself.”
It is also stated in the common law that one’s duty to retreat is not applicable to his own home. “[A] man faced with the danger of an attack upon his dwelling need not retreat from his home to escape the danger, but instead may stand his ground and, if necessary to repel the attack, may kill the attacker.”
“A man is not bound to retreat from his house. He may stand his ground there and kill an[y] person who attempts to commit a felony therein, or who attempts to enter by force for the purpose of committing a felony, or of inflicting great bodily harm upon an inmate. In such a case the owner or any member of the family, or even a lodger in the house, may meet the intruder at the threshold, and prevent him from entering by any means rendered necessary by the exigency, even to the taking of his life, and the homicide will be justifiable.” To know more about the common law, read through this link.