These statutes, it seems to me, do not change the existing weight of authority on this issue, if one looks at the issue of self defense, as it has stood for a long time.
What has changed is the extent to which those so threatened now have either guns or knives at the time of being attacked.
The laws have also made people aware, who otherwise would not have been, of the feasibility of carrying a weapon in the event they believe they are attacked, but more especially, in the event they want to throw their weight around verbally or with aggressive gestures, and be immune from censure later if physically attacked.
Still, unarmed attacks, where a stand ground defense would apply, are not all that common (the obvious downside of doing so), and armed attacks leave little ambiguity.
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