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Gun Control & RKBA

yagotme

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6. My question would be, how would the person being assaulted,

Reply to Ocelot II (Reply #4)

Fri Aug 2, 2024, 08:03 AM

Aug 2024

determine the legal standing between 2d degree, and 1st degree? A lay person, confronted with a deadly weapon, isn't going to be able to call up their lawyer before something bad happens, while they are in the process of looking for an escape route, etc. Seems to put a lot of the burden of proof against the victim, IMO.

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MN Supreme Court duty to retreat ruling {xpost from Minnesota} [View all] sarisataka Aug 2024 OP

That's crazy. bucolic_frolic Aug 2024 #1

Pepper spray isn't deadly force, so the decision wouldn't apply. Ocelot II Aug 2024 #2

I haven't seen the text of the decision sarisataka Aug 2024 #3

Here ya go: Ocelot II Aug 2024 #4

TY sarisataka Aug 2024 #5

My question would be, how would the person being assaulted, yagotme Aug 2024 #6