Many states have "Stand Your Ground" laws, which is legislation allowing for the use of deadly force as self-defense.

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Two letter writers reflect on the fierce debate over illegal immigration, the National Guard, rule of law and pretext for a ...

Decade of Disunion: How Massachusetts and South Carolina Led the Way to Civil War, 1849-1861, by Robert W. Merry. Simon & Schuster, 528 pages. With Decade of Disunion: How Massachusetts and South ...

Wartime songs, or "ditties" (an old-fashioned term for poems with catchy tunes), create camaraderie among troops yearning for places, people, and things they've left behind. These tunes live long ...

For 250 years, the US Army has adapted as a living organization composed of operating units and institutional organizations that generate combat power.1 Institutional strategy, the mechanism by which ...

A getaway to this state will reveal why enthusiasts of history, nature, music, and wildlife rescue efforts flock there to ...