No sir! As long as it wasn't some stupid incident where the law was used beyond it’s intent. If you saw your kid being beaten by a group and intervened and was charged with assault lets say. Is that Ok?
My point is that we can not all be perfect. Sometimes you have to do things in life. Now I’m not talking about a thief, rapist of murderer such as son of SAM. I’m talking about an average guy who thought he was doing the right thing or protecting his family. You know along those lines.
The problem is, the law does not recognize that. Especially in Md.
With respect to cases such as what you refer to here, I would hope that those are extreme cases of out of control politicians and LE who have gotten away with prosecuting people inappropriately. I would further hope that this is not widespread in practice. And, you are right. If one of my family members were being attacked and their life was in danger, I’d pull out my firearm and use it to defend their life regardless of what consequences I might face legally. I would do that no matter where I lived.