Originally Posted by Honus

Stand-your-ground has never been necessary in that type of case. The parent in your scenario has always had the right to kill a robber trying to get into his or her kids' room.Same as the first example. Has nothing to do with the recent stand-your-ground laws.I don't know what you mean by "many," but I'm guessing that the pain wrongfully inflicted on those people is cummulatively less than the pain wrongfully inflicted on and by people who use deadly force when other means of defense were available.Well, I think cases where SYG served a beneficial purpose are exceedingly rare. So, without more, my "exceedingly rare" cancels out yours. It's a tie.

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YMMV.