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KSA 021-052-0022 – Defense of a person; no duty to retreat | Kansas Law

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KSA 021-052-0022 – Defense of a person; no duty to retreat

Kansas Statutes Annotated § KSA 021-052-0022

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21-5222.Defense of a person; no duty to retreat.(a) A person is justified in the use of force against another when and to the extent it appears to such person and such person reasonably believes that such use of force is necessary to defend such person or a third person against such other's imminent use of unlawful force. (b) A person is justified in the use of deadly force under circumstances described in subsection (a) if such person reasonably believes that such use of deadly force is necess

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