With many new laws going into effect tomorrow, July 1st, the start of the new fiscal year the Castle Doctrine won’t until December 1st. The Castle Doctrine is an important gun rights law that puts the rights back in the citizen’s hand and out of the criminal’s.
Effective Dec. 1, gun owners will have less guesswork. The update to the law flips the burden of proof from the homeowner to prosecutors. If someone unlawfully crosses a homeowner’s threshold, whether there’s a weapon in the intruder’s hands or not, it’s automatically presumed that the person is a violent intruder.
“So, under Castle Doctrine, there’s a legal presumption that if he’s here, inside forcibly and unlawfully inside, he’s here to do me harm. And at that point, I can respond with deadly force,”
The castle doctrine in my opinion is the single most important law after the right to conceal carry. It’s about time the people of NC have the right to not retreat when facing a criminal intruder.
