According to Alex Kincaid, a private attorney in the Boise area who is recognized nationally as a gun rights expert, one of the reasons for Idaho’s relatively low ranking is that Idaho’s Castle Doctrine is ambiguous. Click Read More for links to the publications
A key point of discussion is a legislative proposal to enhance what is known as the Castle Doctrine within Idaho law. The Castle Doctrine allows individuals certain rights and immunities as they pertain to protecting a person against the force of another individual.