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2 E L O:
Nebraska doesn't have the Castle Doctrine.  You have a duty to retreat.  Going outside and taking your gun makes you the aggressor, even if the perp attacks you after you get out there.  It's basically the same thing if someone is breaking into your house and then takes off when they hear you are home, you can't go chase them down and shoot them.  As soon as you start pursuing a noise or a bad guy, especially outside, you are now the aggressor.  In Nebraska, even in your own home or vehicle, you have a duty to retreat.

We desperately, desperately need to get the Castle Doctrine passed.

Jesse T:
You have a duty to retreat as long as you and everyone else can retreat in safety.  If you see your neighbor getting stabbed in his front lawn, are you staying inside and calling the cops or running to aide?

Hermit:
Thank you all for your replies!  I appreciate it all, and yeah, my hypothetical neighbors are all cool folks.  With all the talk of concealed carry, open carry, the castle doctrine and all that, somehow, this hypothetical scenario never really crossed my radar, and it's more likely (in my case) to become a non-hypothetical scenario at some point.

Jesse T:
I agree, nebraska has a lot of gray area.  Sometimes the "right" thing and the "legal" thing are very different.

AAllen:
I need to correct something here, in Nebraska you do not need to retreat "in your home" but outside of it you do.

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