H.B. 5412, An Act Concerning a Duty to Retreat in a House of Worship and Senate Bill 392, An Act Concerning the Defense of a Person or a Person’s Dwelling, Place of Work, or Motor Vehicle

The ACLU-CT opposes statutory rights authorizing the deadly use of force, like stand your ground laws and the castle doctrine, because they raise serious civil liberties and racial justice concerns. These laws, like those proposed by House Bill 5412 and Senate Bill 392, expand the circumstances in which the state authorizes one person to kill another, without any semblance of due process, and encourage vigilante justice.