So I was talking to my girlfriend this weekend, and somehow the situation of someone assaulting me (or anyone else with a gun) with a knife, no particular situation, just any situation where a dude with a knife attacks someone who then draws and rightly fires on the individual.
She said that it would be illegal to draw or fire on the person since that would be "escalating the situation". as if deadly force is anything but deadly force. she was saying that if someone attacks you, in any way, you are only legally "allowed" to use the exact same type of force in defense. that blew my mind. I asked her, "if some junkie or meth head were to stick us up and I drew on him, you're saying that I would be imprisoned and eventually found guilty of some crime?"
She honestly believes that I would be in the wrong, and that it would be "escalation", regardless of what the situation was.
Her mother a couple nights ago said the exact same thing, that it would be escalating the situation and that you would only be allowed to use the exact same implements to defend yourself from imminent lethal force.
This is scary, because not only do I know they are both wrong, my girlfriend is a Criminal Justice major and her mom is a Paralegal assistant of some sort!
Somebody, LawDog, anybody, please ease my confused mind, I can't understand how they came to believe something so dumb! Please don't tell me they are correct! My head would explode!
She said that it would be illegal to draw or fire on the person since that would be "escalating the situation". as if deadly force is anything but deadly force. she was saying that if someone attacks you, in any way, you are only legally "allowed" to use the exact same type of force in defense. that blew my mind. I asked her, "if some junkie or meth head were to stick us up and I drew on him, you're saying that I would be imprisoned and eventually found guilty of some crime?"
She honestly believes that I would be in the wrong, and that it would be "escalation", regardless of what the situation was.
Her mother a couple nights ago said the exact same thing, that it would be escalating the situation and that you would only be allowed to use the exact same implements to defend yourself from imminent lethal force.
This is scary, because not only do I know they are both wrong, my girlfriend is a Criminal Justice major and her mom is a Paralegal assistant of some sort!
Somebody, LawDog, anybody, please ease my confused mind, I can't understand how they came to believe something so dumb! Please don't tell me they are correct! My head would explode!