STAND-your-ground legislation designed to protect people from the threat of home invasion does not give them free license to kill anyone who enters their property.

The limitations which prevent this are outlined in the Home Invasion (Self Defence and Defence of Property) Bill 2025 which is posted on the Ministry of the Attorney General and Legal Affairs website.

They include homeowners being under the influence of drugs when they threaten or use force against an intruder and homeowners threatening or using force against law enforcement officers executing their duties.