You have the RIGHT to defend yourself, your home, and family!

Since 2006, there have been significant U.S. legislative changes that support and encourage self-defense. These statutes, which have been adopted by most state and local governments, protect individuals who are standing up to protect themselves against attack.

The two most significant statues are the “Stand Your Ground” and the “Castle” statutes. The “Stand Your Ground” laws give individuals the right to use deadly force to protect a residence, place of business, vehicle or other property (Washington Crime News Service, 2006)1.

The “Castle” law, adopted by other states, gives people the right to use deadly force against intruders entering their homes. Those protected by the Castle laws no longer need to prove that they feared for their safety only that the person they killed had intruded unlawfully and forcefully.

The Castle Laws also extends this principle to vehicles (Liptak, 2006)2. These significant changes in most U.S. states laws show a growing trend in individuals who want to be able to defend themselves against attackers. With more people with the right to defend themselves more people will seek training on how they can effectively defend themselves and family against attack.

This growing trend will hopefully drive greater interest in American's to seek home and self-defense training so they can be prepared for any threat and no longer be a potential victim.

States with the "Stand Your Ground" Law:

• Alabama
• Arizona
• Florida
• Georgia
• Indiana
• Kentucky [2]
• Louisiana
• Montana
• Nevada
• Oklahoma Title 21§1289.25
• South Carolina (Persons not "required to needlessly retreat.")
• Tennessee 2007 Tenn. Pub. Acts Ch. 210 (Amends Tenn. Code. Ann. § 39-11-611)
• Texas
• Utah
• Washington (Homicide justifiable in the lawful defense of self or other persons present; and there is imminent danger of such design being accomplished ...or in the actual resistance of an attempt to commit a felony... or upon or in a dwelling, or other place...)

States with a Castle Law

No duty to retreat if in the home.

• Alaska
• California (California Penal Code § 198.5 sets forth that unlawful, forcible entry into one's residence by someone not a member of the household creates the presumption that the resident held a reasonable fear of imminent peril of death or great bodily injury should he or she use deadly force against the intruder. This would make the homicide justifiable under CPC § 197 [3]. CALCRIM 506 gives the instruction, "A defendant is not required to retreat. He or she is entitled to stand his or her ground and defend himself or herself and, if reasonably necessary, to pursue an assailant until the danger ... has passed. This is so even if safety could have been achieved by retreating." However, it also states that "[People v. Ceballos] specifically held that burglaries which 'do not reasonably create a fear of great bodily harm' are not sufficient 'cause for exaction of human life.'” The court held that because a "trap-gun" was used, the doctrine did not apply. [4]
• Colorado "...any occupant of a dwelling is justified in using any degree of physical force, including deadly physical force, against another person when that other person has made an unlawful entry into the dwelling, and when the occupant has a reasonable belief that such other person has committed a crime in the dwelling in addition to the uninvited entry, or is committing or intends to commit a crime against a person or property in addition to the uninvited entry, and when the occupant reasonably believes that such other person might use any physical force, no matter how slight, against any occupant." 18-1-704.5 Use of deadly physical force against an intruder.
• Connecticut
• Hawaii (Retreat required outside the home if it can be done in "complete safety.")
• Illinois (Use of deadly force justified. Specific legislation prevents filing claim against defender of dwelling. Illinois has no requirement of retreat.)
• Kansas (§ 21-3212. Use of force in defense of dwelling; no duty to retreat.)
• Maine (Deadly force justified to terminate criminal trespass AND another crime within home, or to stop unlawful and imminent use of deadly force, or to effect a citizen's arrest against deadly force; duty to retreat not specifically removed)^[28]
• Maryland See Maryland self-defense (Case-law, not statute, incorporates the commonlaw castle-doctrine into Maryland self-defense law. Invitees or guests may have duty to retreat based on mixed case law.)
• Massachusetts
• Michigan (more recent law—Act 309 of 2006—does not relieve duty to retreat "unless [deadly force is] necessary to prevent imminent death;" this represents no change from common law, which does not require retreat unless it can be safely done)
• Minnesota No duty to retreat before using deadly force to prevent a felony in one's place of abode; no duty to retreat before using deadly force in self defense in one's place of abode^[29]) This isn't as clear as it appears, however. There are four cases in Minnesota where duty of retreat was upheld.^[30]
• Mississippi (to use reference, select "Code of 1972" and search "retreat")
• Missouri (Extends to any building, inhabitable structure, or conveyance of any kind, whether the building, inhabitable structure, or conveyance is temporary or permanent, mobile or immobile (e.g., a camper, RV or mobile home), which has a roof over it, including a tent, and is designed to be occupied by people lodging therein at night, whether the person is residing there temporarily, permanently or visiting (e.g., a hotel or motel), and any vehicle. The defense against civil suits is absolute and includes the award of attorney's fees, court costs, and all reasonable expenses incurred by the defendant in defense of any civil action brought by a plaintiff.)
• Nevada
• New Jersey ("Statutes" link in sidebar, see New Jersey Statutes 2C:3-4, retreat required outside home if actor knows he can avoid necessity of deadly force in complete safety, etc.)
• North Carolina
• North Dakota
• Ohio (Extends to vehicles of self and immediate family; effective September 9, 2008.^[31] Section 2901.09)
• Oregon. (ORS 161.209-229. Use of force justifiable in a range of scenarios without a duty to retreat specified. Oregon Supreme Court affirmed in State of Oregon v. Sandoval that the law "sets out a specific set of circumstances that justify a person's use of deadly force (that the person reasonably believes that another person is using or about to use deadly force against him or her) and does not interpose any additional requirement (including a requirement that there be no means of escape).")
• Rhode Island
• Utah
• West Virginia (Senate bill 145 signed March 12, 2008. WV code §55-7-22)
• Wyoming

States with weak or no specific Castle Law

These states uphold castle doctrine in general, but may rely on case law instead of specific legislation, may enforce a duty to retreat, and may impose specific restrictions on the use of deadly force.

• Idaho (Homicide is justified if defending a home from "tumultuous" entry; duty to retreat not specifically removed)
• New York (May not use deadly physical force if he or she knows that with complete personal safety, to oneself and others he or she may avoid the necessity of so doing by retreating; except that the actor is under no duty to retreat if he or she is in his or her dwelling and not the initial aggressor.)
• Pennsylvania 18 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 505 on the defense of self says there is no obligation to retreat from the home or workplace unless the actor was the initial aggressor or, in the latter case, set upon by a co-worker; however, "surrendering possession of a thing to a person asserting a claim of right thereto" and "complying with a demand that [one] abstain from any action which [one] has no duty to take" are listed in addition to retreating as avenues which, if open to the actor but not taken, invalidate justification for the use of deadly force. Deadly force itself is not justifiable unless "the actor believes that such force is necessary to protect himself against death, serious bodily injury, kidnapping or sexual intercourse compelled by force or threat." 18 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 507 allows the use of deadly force if the actor believes there has been an unlawful entry into his or her dwelling and believes that nothing less than deadly force will end the incursion; if the person on the receiving end of the deadly force is "attempting to dispossess [the actor] of his dwelling otherwise than under a claim of right to its possession;" or if deadly force is the only thing that will prevent a felony from being committed in the dwelling. In any of those cases, the property owner must first ask the interloper to desist — unless the owner believes that doing so would be "useless," "dangerous," or would result in the property being defended coming to substantial harm before the request to desist could be effectively communicated.
• South Dakota "Homicide is justifiable if committed by any person while resisting any attempt to murder such person, or to commit any felony upon him or her, or upon or in any dwelling house in which such person is." SD Codified Laws 22-16-34 (2005).
• Iowa (^[32])
• Nebraska
• New Hampshire (A proposed law was vetoed in 2007.^[3])
• New Mexico
• Virginia
• Vermont
• District of Columbia

1. Washington Crime News Service. (2006, 11 08). 16 States Adopt 'Stand Your Ground' Laws Authorizing Use Of Deadly Force. Retrieved 08 02, 2010, from findarticles.com: http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa4440/is_200608/ai_n17175535/12

2. Liptak, A. (2006, 08 07). 15 States Expand Right to Shoot in Self-Defense. Retrieved 08 02, 2010, from nytimes.com: http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/07/us/07shoot.html?_r=1

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Protect Against Home Invasion!!! Great tips from our friends at DefendThySelf.com

I thought it appropriate to post some home invasion prevention tips after my last post on home invasion. 

10 Security Tips To Prevent Home Invasion Robberies


If you have not heard, home invasion robberies are rampant and people are experiencing bands of deranged punks kicking in doors, terrorizing a family, stealing valuables, and sometimes taking a life. No city is immune from attack, it's happened in the nicest neighborhoods, to the nicest people.

Criminals are pretty dumb and go for the easy targets. Here are 10 things you can
do to your home or business to help protect your loved ones, you're possessions and your property

1. Keep your windows and doors locked at all times; even when you are home.
2. Always keep your drapes or blinds drawn, even at night so they cannot see
inside.
3. Make sure that any window air conditioners are not easy to pull out from the
outside. You can bolt them in place from the inside.
4. Trim the bushes and trees that are in front of windows so people can't hide
there.
5. Remove old, easy to open windows with secure windows that use laminated
glass that is resistant to breakage. If you can't afford them, you can install
inexpensive window breakage detectors that will sound an alarm.
6. If you have a basement, install new heavy‐duty windows. Older windows are
easy for a criminal to enter.
7. Update your locks and deadbolts with new security hardware.
8. Replace entry doors with reinforced doors with little or no glass for maximum
security, and make sure the locks are robust also. If you can't afford that,
install inexpensive door opening alarms.
9. Replace your sliding glass patio doors with reinforced laminated glass and
dual locking hardware with a dead bolt for maximum protection.
10. Get a few of those "Protected by Smith & Wesson" stickers from a gun store,
or online to put on all your doors and windows to send a firm message to the
punks that there could be trouble at this house, and to move along.

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Two Teen Aged Boys a Machete, a Knife, and a Random House. If you were the random house would you be ready?

I previously wrote that you need to be prepared for any threat even if that threat comes from a kid. In recent case, two high school boys planned to break in, murder, and steal from a random house.

The leader talks of how he really wanted to keep and torture these people, to get banking information, before killing and then robbing them. They did break in and with machete and knife hacked to death Kimberly Cates, 42, and maimed of her then 11-year-old daughter, Jaimie.

My heart and prayers go out to the families of Kimberly and Jaimie. This seems like the stuff you should pull up a tub of popcorn to on a weekend date night not deal with in real life. What would you do if two boys forced their way into your house swinging machete and knife?!

I am sure this Mom and daughter never thought this could happen to them or what they would do if it did. Tragically the attackers had more planning and preparation then the victims and had the upper hand. This was a random attack on a random house. What if you were the random house? Would you be ready?

Ultimate Defense means to be prepared to handle anything threat at any time. It takes preparation and training to be prepared. If your attacker has more preparation then you, how will you make up that difference? We do fire drills why not prepare home invasion drills? The world is getting worse not better start now and then you won’t have to regret it later. Read the article below! (Full Story)

Teen says he tried to drop out of N.H. killing plot

By Brian MacQuarrie

Globe Staff / November 3, 2010

NASHUA — The alleged ringleader of the deadly Mont Vernon home invasion refused to cancel his plans to kill and rob the occupants of a home chosen randomly, despite a plea from one of the participants that they needed more time to prepare, a New Hampshire jury heard yesterday.

William Marks testified that he tried to back out of the 2009 plot, which he had been told would go forward on the day of the attack.

“I can’t, dude,’’ Marks, then 18, texted the defendant, Steven Spader, who is on trial in the murder of Kimberly Cates, 42, and the maiming of her then 11-year-old daughter, Jaimie.

Spader fired back via text: “Are you [expletive] kidding me? Billy, dude, if your not back here in twenty, we gonna have problems for real.’’

Although Marks had bought a knife in the morning, he testified, he tried in vain to persuade Spader to wait until the secluded home was empty.

“Run up when they go to church; they probably do,’’ Marks wrote Spader.

Spader, who allegedly spoke often of wanting to commit murder, was not deterred, Marks said. “He said that we were going to kill whoever was in the house,’’ the witness testified.

In the past, Marks said, Spader had spoken of using chloroform to disable his victims, extract credit-card information from them, and then torture and kill them.

“I was trying to put him off,’’ Marks said. But under the code of the Disciples of Destruction, a group of teenage rebels that Spader and Marks had formed, the witness said, “If you get called, you come. No questions asked.’’

On the short drive to Mont Vernon, Marks began echoing Spader’s grisly anticipation. As he held an ax in the back seat, Marks recalled, “I told them that I wanted to plant the ax in someone’s forehead.’’

When asked by prosecutor Jeffery Strelzin why he made such a statement, Marks replied, “I don’t know, just to say it."

At the time, Marks stood 5-feet-3 and weighed 97 pounds.

Once in Mont Vernon, they shifted their target to the Cates home because the original, nearby target seemed more difficult to rob.

Inside the home, Marks testified, he heard the anguished cries of mother and child as Spader and Christopher Gribble, then 19, attacked the pair as the victims lay in the same bed.

“It started: ‘Jaimie, is that you? Who’s there?’ ’’ said Marks, of Amherst, who testified in an orange prison jumpsuit.

At that point, he recalled, he was standing in the doorway when Spader began a two-handed assault with a machete, the blows of which sounded like those of a baseball bat. Gribble, he said, attacked with a knife from the opposite side.

Midvale police: Man stabbed pregnant girlfriend

By Associated Press

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- Police in Midvale say a 41-year-old man stabbed his pregnant girlfriend in the stomach because he was upset over her protective order against him.

Midvale police Sgt. Marcelo Rapela told The Salt Lake Tribune that Jeffrey Ingram also stabbed his 4-months-pregnant girlfriend in the hand, then fled Tuesday night. He remains at large.

Rapela says the 23-year-old woman was hospitalized in fair condition with minor injuries, but the condition of the fetus was unknown.Rapela says the order was issued against Ingram earlier Tuesday, and that Ingram "was mad and said she lied."He says the woman could not describe the weapon used in the assault, and no knife was found.

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UDT Comment:

Yesterday I wrote about your attacker being closer to home then you may think. (Click here for story) It appears this young woman in Midvale was attempting to escape her abuser and he attacked her for it. Again Ultimate Defense is taking control of your life and only putting the you and your loved ones safety in your own hands. It means being prepared to handle any threat no matter the source. Having someone, who should care about you be the threat on your life is far worse than the stranger in the street because it is also a betrayal of trust at the same time. The stranger you don't trust, you are suspicious of what they may do. When you see them you are on your guard at all times. When a loved one turns into a threat it is far more scary because they know about you. Where you live or where you may be. The stranger may only have one chance to attack you the loved one turned attacker has multiple and can wait for just the right time.

A threat is a threat no matter the source and no one has the right to harm you so don't wait for the attack to happen. A restraining order is something you need to do but it is not a force field. If (like this boyfriend did) a person decides to violate the restraining order their consequences are legal action that will only happen after they violate the restraining order (like attack you) and by that point if you are not prepared it may be too late. You can not relay on the legal system to protect your life or your loved ones lives, you must do that, then be ready to help the legal system enforce the violation. Your protection is your responsibility and only you can take back control from that abuser. Only by be prepared will you reduce the fear and be able to take back your life. Don't be a victim learn to Ultimately Defend yourself from all threats.