Freepers,
Please read the proposed changes to Section 197 of the Penal Code:
Section 3:
(A) The person reasonably believed that they were in imminent
danger of death or great bodily injury, and had exhausted
every reasonable means to escape such danger other than the
use of force likely to cause death or great bodily injury.
(B) In good faith, the person withdrew from the encounter
with the other assailant or assailants and indicated clearly
to the other assailant or assailants that the person desired
to withdraw and terminated the use of any force, but the
other assailant or assailants continued or resumed the use of
force.
The whole thing is based upon the ability to retreat to complete safety. If you can’t, then you can use the force needed to protect yourself. It clarifies the over use and improper use and in a couple of ways protects the user by definition or better defines the current questionable use. If you run out of retreat, you can act. That will now be a given.
wy69
If I’m old and crippled, and can’t escape????