Interesting they say Alaska is not a castle doctrine state but we are. However, only in your "castle" and some other instances. But there is currently a Stand Your Ground bill that gives us the right to defend ourselves without retreating if we are located anywhere we have the right to be. It passed the house last week.
www.legis.state.ak.us/basis/get_bill_text.asp?hsid=HB0024B&session=28CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 24(JUD)
01 "An Act relating to self-defense in any place where a person has a right to be."
02 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:
03 * Section 1. AS 11.81.335(b) is amended to read:
04 (b) A person may not use deadly force under this section if the person knows
05 that, with complete personal safety and with complete safety as to others being
06 defended, the person can avoid the necessity of using deadly force by leaving the area
07 of the encounter, except there is no duty to leave the area if the person is
08 (1) on premises
09 (A) that the person owns or leases;
10 (B) where the person resides, temporarily or permanently; or
11 (C) as a guest or express or implied agent of the owner, lessor,
12 or resident;
13 (2) a peace officer acting within the scope and authority of the officer's
14 employment or a person assisting a peace officer under AS 11.81.380;
15 (3) in a building where the person works in the ordinary course of the
01 person's employment; [OR]
02 (4) protecting a child or a member of the person's household; or
03 (5) in any other place where the person has a right to be. this is the new language Current law...
www.legis.state.ak.us/basis/statutes.asp#11.81.335House Approves Self Defense Bill
Neuman’s HB 24 removes duty to retreat
Wednesday, March 20, 2013, Juneau, Alaska – The Alaska House of Representatives today passed a self-defense bill clarifying state law by stating an individual has the right to stand their ground in any place they have a legal right to be.
House Bill 24, sponsored by Rep. Mark Neuman, R-Susitna Valley, clarifies the state’s already-recognized right to use deadly force in self-defense. “The bill places the duty to retreat on the criminal or person who means to do you harm, not forcing you to waste critical time or risk personal injury,” Neuman said. “We’ve expressly left the justification for the use of deadly force unchanged. Alaskans deserve full protection of their constitutional and human rights to self-defense.”
HB 24 amends Alaska Statute 11.81 to add that there is no duty to retreat “in any place where the person has a right to be.”
“House Bill 24 isn’t a blank check to pull the trigger,” Neuman said. “The law is clear: a person is only legally allowed to use deadly force when that person reasonably believes the use of deadly force is necessary. Under our bill, if a person is in a public space they don’t have to retreat first and hope your attacker stays put because the legal ramifications are unclear.”
HB 24 passed by a vote of 33 to 5.
