Aguila, your point is better worded than mine.
I guess my thought process here as a mid 50s guy in reasonable shape is that if it gets down to brass tacks, I'm not going to 'get physical' with anyone that I assess is a reasonable threat to me.
If a child kicks me or an old lady smacks me with a handbag, I'm walking away. But other than that, I'm going to try to retreat and if that fails... well, I guess I'll hope that I get treated better by the authorities than the St Louis couple.
There were 2 fairly recent self defense situations where I live that would likely result in charges on the victim in many parts of the country, but I never even learned what the details of the situation were and who the victim was.
I only knew about 1 because I had a police scanner and saw the cops going lights and sirens, and the other situation was a collision between 2 vehicles that resulted in gunfire. The local news reported it occurred, named the deceased, and that was the extent of it. No grand jury, no charges, whoever fired the shots was never named.
I guess my thought process here as a mid 50s guy in reasonable shape is that if it gets down to brass tacks, I'm not going to 'get physical' with anyone that I assess is a reasonable threat to me.
If a child kicks me or an old lady smacks me with a handbag, I'm walking away. But other than that, I'm going to try to retreat and if that fails... well, I guess I'll hope that I get treated better by the authorities than the St Louis couple.
There were 2 fairly recent self defense situations where I live that would likely result in charges on the victim in many parts of the country, but I never even learned what the details of the situation were and who the victim was.
I only knew about 1 because I had a police scanner and saw the cops going lights and sirens, and the other situation was a collision between 2 vehicles that resulted in gunfire. The local news reported it occurred, named the deceased, and that was the extent of it. No grand jury, no charges, whoever fired the shots was never named.