Examine and Scrutinize "Stand Down Laws" . Every State in the Union has one. What makes them malleable? Is there a juxtaposition between Self Defense and the Constitution? The right of self-defense (according to U.S. law) (also called, when it applies to the defense of another, alter ego defense, defense of others, defense of a third person) is the right for civilians acting on their own behalf to engage in violence for the sake of defending one's own life or the lives of others, including the use of deadly force.



