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Originally Posted by joshbaumgartner
But this was already the case before this law. In every state in the union, if someone starts shooting at you, you are within your rights to return fire. You may not be allowed to shoot him in the back if he's running away (unless he's still shooting back over his shoulder), but that's a gray area. You are allowed to use your weapon to counter a threat of harm either to you or another person, even if the perp doesn't have one. This is all before the new law, and in all 50 states.
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The way I had the previous law explained to me was that a person must use ALL available means to remove themselves from the assault before being allowed to use deadly force, meaning that person had to have made an attempt(s) to run, hide, and escape the area and unless they were backed in to a corner with nowhere left to go, then they could use deadly force. This new law removes that handicap by allowing a reasonable defense to the use of deadly force.
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