re: #159 Liberal Entity

Insane law, as Charles says. It seems that those who engage in aggressive self-defense under this law automatically make those attacking them also fall under this law, since an aggressive self-defense is also an attack.

So much hinges on what a ‘reasonable’ belief that you have to act, is. So far, it’s been interpreted as any movement towards you, which is just nuts.

To me, this reminds me of the classical Quaker pacifist parable. If you come across a guy with a smoking gun and a body, and you shoot him, you’ve got to be prepared to be shot yourself when the next vigilante arrives on the scene and sees you with the smoking gun and two bodies on the ground.

And what if there were two concealed-carry guys, and one of them thought the other one was drawing his weapon? Or really did draw his weapon— perhaps in response to some perceived threat?