prizrak
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I've never really gotten the "excessive force" laws. If you're in immediate danger, it's dark and you can't really see if your assailant is pulling out a knife or a gun, are you supposed to stop and turn on the lights so you will be able to see that he has a gun and it's safe to use yours? Or are you supposed to go ahead and defend yourself with your gun and when it's over realize you should have put your gun down and grabbed a bat?
As someone who's never been in a position to know how I'd act, I can only say that as of where I sit, I'd like to have as much defense/deterrent as possible, rather than have to worry about grabbing something that may not do me any good.
I never got it either, if I'm in my house and someone breaks in my first reaction would be to eliminate the threat by any means possible, I'm not going to try and figure out what the proper level of response is.