• In Texas, citizens have the unequivocal right to stand their ground against intruders in their homes.

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  • Why are marketers often afraid to stand their ground with sales and development?

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  • Ultimately much will depend on the peasants' ability to stand their ground against the cadres and use the reforms to rekindle their sense of initiative.

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  • Some individuals in and around the tent were trying to stand their ground in an effort to protect the individuals inside the tent and protect themselves.

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  • But it's unfortunate because if you don't have leaders that stand their ground as moderates and people that can work with the other side, of course the Republican Party's not going to come back.

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  • "It's up to the people in Weston to stand their ground and not allow North Somerset Council to bully us into a position where it's knocked down, " said Derek Mead, chairman of Trop (WsM).

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  • For example, in both criminal and civil law we allow the occupants of a residence to stand their ground against an intruder and defend the home up to and including the use of deadly force.

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  • Creatures that would not have let you approach to within 300 yards unaccompanied stand their ground and gaze imperturbably, presumably confident that if the elephant believe you are safe, then you are unlikely to prove a danger to them.

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  • It also eliminates a longstanding "duty to retreat" in the face of imminent harm, asserting that would-be crime victims have the right to "stand their ground" and "meet force with force" when attacked as long as they are in a place they have a right to be, are not engaged in unlawful activity and believe that their life and safety was in danger.

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  • Huang thrived by helping his classmates with their homework and learning to stand his ground.

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  • But then they use their war chest to expand into other controversial areas, like stand your ground laws.

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  • Martin's shooting set off a national outcry over race issues and stand-your-ground laws, which allow people to use deadly force if their lives are in danger.

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  • Florida Democratic State Rep. Alan Williams has introduced a bill in the legislature that would do away with the Stand Your Ground defense, which law enforcement personnel and district attorneys have said makes their job harder in prosecuting shootings.

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  • As their reason for not immediately arresting Zimmerman, police cited Florida's "stand your ground" law, which states that people who feel threatened don't have to retreat from danger and can use deadly force to protect themselves.

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