It includes abolishing detention without trial and without the right to defend oneself in open court.

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Texas passed its Stand Your Ground law in 2007, extending the right to defend oneself not just at home, but also in the workplace or in a vehicle.

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Consequently, should war break out anytime soon, many thousands of Americans to say nothing of the citizenry of other, friendly Middle Eastern nations may be needlessly sacrificed on the alter of a bizarre theory of deterrence which holds that only the utter inability to defend oneself will prevent an attack.

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