re: #208 Cannadian Club Akbar

That’s not all the law says, though, and you’re making a caraciture of the duty to retreat bit.

This law also throws obstacles into the way of the cops in investigating a shooting; if they can’t immediately give probable reason that they think think it wasn’t self-defense, they can’t even detain the shooter, let alone question him or collect evidence from him.

In addition, the bill authorizes the use of lethal force in response to a ‘reasonable’ belief that someone is trying to kill or severely injure you or someone else. It doesn’t have any provision for using a less-lethal method if available.

Finally, if you really do have an opportunity to retreat, you should always take it. Confrontations are inherently risky.