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DetroitLegalBeagle

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3. Depends on when they shoot

Reply to Ferrets are Cool (Original post)

Sat Jun 25, 2022, 12:13 PM

Jun 2022

Right before and in the middle of him running people over, yes. After he already hit them and was "fleeing", then no. Caveat to that is if he is fleeing in the direction of another crowd, then one can argue he is still an imminent threat and it would be legal. Generally, immediately before and during the attack would be legal self defense, after the attack has ceased would not be.

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