2021 Acting Secretary Chad Wolf: Day 56. Last night six DHS law enforcement officers were injured in Portland. To be clear, criminals assaulted FEDERAL officers on FEDERAL property…and the city of Portland did nothing. (twitter.com) posted 266 days ago by Donald17 266 days ago by Donald17 +2021 / -0 45 comments share 45 comments share save hide report block hide child comments Comments (45) sorted by: top new old worst You're viewing a single comment thread. View all comments, or full comment thread. ▲ 6 ▼ – JaquesoCheese 6 points 266 days ago +7 / -1 It’s certainly not “with a deadly weapon”. But, the criteria to use deadly force in self defense is “risk of serious bodily harm” and, in AR, “without a completely safe avenue of escape”. So yeah, shooting someone who’s using a laser to blind you would objectively be justifiable if you couldn’t escape that threat with guaranteed safety. permalink save report block reply
It’s certainly not “with a deadly weapon”.
But, the criteria to use deadly force in self defense is “risk of serious bodily harm” and, in AR, “without a completely safe avenue of escape”.
So yeah, shooting someone who’s using a laser to blind you would objectively be justifiable if you couldn’t escape that threat with guaranteed safety.