Stand-your-ground law questions arise after Cave Springs shooting, assault charge

WEST FORK, Ark. — Arkansas’s stand-your-ground law is drawing renewed attention after Cave Springs police arrested a man accused of shooting at a utility worker he believed was trespassing.

Police said the worker was not hit.

The man accused of firing the gun is now facing aggravated assault charges. The case is prompting questions about what Arkansas law does and does not allow when someone claims self-defense…

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