On Mon, 19 Sep 2005 12:28:46 -0500, Richard J Kinch
wrote:

Gunner Asch writes:

The criteria, in virtually all jurisdictions, is :

"You must have reasonable cause to belive, that your life, or the life
of another is in immediate danger, before you can employ deadly force"

I assure you, as someone who has drawn several times, and on one occasion
fired, in self-defense, it is far, far more complicated than that.

This is the rough and ready criteria that is the basis in most
jurisdictions. It is indeed complicated in some places, and less so in
others. The aftermath, can be very complicated in some places,
virtually none in others, legally. Mentally..a wholenuther story.

Gunner

"Pax Americana is a philosophy. Hardly an empire.
Making sure other people play nice and dont kill each other (and us)
off in job lots is hardly empire building, particularly when you give
them self determination under "play nice" rules.

Think of it as having your older brother knock the **** out of you
for torturing the cat." Gunner