This is a USA Today article, and it opens with: 'Kentucky’s “stand your ground” law allows its residents to use deadly force against intruders they believe are

This is a USA Today article, and it opens with: 'Kentucky’s “stand your ground” law allows its residents to use deadly force against intruders they believe are breaking into their home.' That's a flat lie. "Stand your ground" laws don't even apply in cases where someone is breaking into your home; where they exist, they apply off one's property, applying almost exclusively to public property or rights-of-way, or private property where you are empowered to be armed by permission of the owner (e.g. private security). The right to self-defense from within one's home exists almost everywhere in the USA; exceptions (if any remain; MA use to be this way, at least) are referred to as "duty-to-flee" jurisdictions. In other words, you can't use deadly force even within your home against an armed intruder if you have any way to escape, even through an upstairs window.