A man who opened fire on an unarmed woman who tore down one of his Nazi flags has invoked the Stand Your Ground defense as he claims he feared an imminent attack from ANTIFA. Alexander Feaster, 45, shot 26-year-old Kyndal McVey four times with his AR-15 as she ran away from his Hunter, Oklahoma, home after stealing his Nazi flag on a dare in the early hours of on June 28, 2020. He was charged with assault and battery with a deadly weapon and shooting with intent to kill. In a civil proceeding waged by McVey seeking $75,000 toward medical bills, lost time and negligence. But Feaster's lawyers argue that he had reasonable cause to fear for his life and property, and acted lawfully under Oklahoma's 'stand your ground' laws. Kyndal McVey (left) says she has been left with 'mental and physical pain and suffering' following the incident, which occurred outside Alexander Feaster's property in the small town of Hunter in June last year McVey was attending a party across the street from Feaster's home in the early hours of June 28, 2020 when she decided to cross the street and remove one of two Nazi flags she noticed out front of the residence Oklahoma is one of 23 states that employ 'stand your ground' or 'make my day' laws allowing property owners to wage deadly force when they if they are on their own property, not committing an unlawful act at the time and 'reasonably believe it is necessary to [use deadly force] to prevent death or great bodily harm to himself or herself or another or to prevent the commission of a forcible felony.' What do Stand Your Ground laws really mean? Oklahoma is one of 23 states that employ 'stand your ground' or 'make my day' laws allowing property owners to wage deadly force when they if they are on their own property. Stand your ground law makes it legal for a person to exert deadly force if; I) the person reasonably believes that such force is necessary to prevent imminent death or great bodily harm to himself or herself, or another, or to prevent the imminent commission of a forcible felony; or II) the person acts under a reasonable belief as to the necessity of force In most cases, self-defense only works as a criminal defense if a person has tried to get themselves out of danger and failed to first. It is known as a 'duty to retreat.' Stand Your Ground states differ because they do not impose a duty to retreat. Advertisement In a court motion, Feaster's legal team argued that their client 'correctly thought that the men at the party were armed... and that all the persons there were highly intoxicated. An all too familiar pattern of events was occurring and Mr. Feaster reasonably believed his home was soon going to be attacked.' The documents detail the circumstances of Feaster's alleged anxiety: the flood lights that he had installed to illuminate his often-stolen Nazi flags obscured his view of the party across the street, they said, and he could only see the cars lined up in the street. When McVey approached the home to take the flag and ran to a 'group of shadowy figures across the street,' Feaster saw it as the 'beg[inning] of an assault on his home.' 'Believing he was under attack, [Feaster]... used defensive force on McVey and... acted to deter others from similar conduct or deadly force. After he used such force, Feaster retreated into his home... and did not emerge until the Sheriff's Deputy arrived.' The document also alleges that, after the shooting had taken place and before McVey was recovered in a ditch outside the home, 'one of the party goers across the street, Ethan Cotton, moved his truck to the middle of the road and held a gun on Mr. Feaster’s residence until the Sheriff's arrived.' In the court filings, Feaster argued that his political beliefs made him a constant target for threats. He said the swastika flags outside his home 'were associated in the public's consciousness with the Third Reich and National Socialism'. Feaster argued that McVey should have been charged with theft, trespassing, public intoxication and a hate crime. Police said McVey was at a party across the street when she was dared to steal one of two Nazi flags from outside Feaster's home in the early hours of June 28. According to a probable cause affidavit, Feaster used his AR-15 to fire eight shots - four of which struck McVey in the back and lower legs as she ran away. McVey collapsed in a ditch and a friend administered first aid before first responders arrived. McVey spent several weeks in hospital and underwent multiple surgeries for her injuries Feaster has claimed in court documents that he is a 'patriotic citizen' and 'loyal American' who feared he was in 'imminent danger of death or great bodily harm' A neighbor moved their pickup truck in front of Feaster's home to create a barricade for McVey's protection and another witness trained a gun on his house as a precaution. Deputies who responded to the scene arrested Feaster without incident. McVey spent several weeks in hospital and underwent multiple surgeries for her injuries. Investigators say a search of Feaster's house yielded 15 firearms and showed signs he was 'anticipating an incident'. They found a chair positioned near the front of the house facing the door. 'There was a large ashtray containing several cigarette buts and a handcuff pouch containing handcuffs on a box next to the chair,' the probable cause affidavit said. 'It appeared that Mr Feaster was anticipating an incident to take place and had been watching from that spot.' All rights reserved for this news site (dailymail) and under his responsibility