Must You Flee Before Making a Defensive Display of a Firearm?
A brief decision handed down last Friday by the New Hampshire Supreme Court touches upon a number of interesting use-of-force legal doctrines, including the legal duty to retreat (or not), "soft" stand-your-ground, defensive display of a firearm, and more. Sadly, the court's reasoning in this decision is much muddier than it would have been had they first read my book (see below)! Join me tomorrow as we read and evaluate New Hampshire v. Shea, translating all the legalese into plain Englis...