Originally Posted by
lambo_vt
Careful; this is an incorrect statement of the law. Your fear of bodily harm must be both genuine and reasonable -- that is that you genuinely believed it necessary to use the level of force used, and that a reasonable person in similar circumstances would act the same.
Bingo...which means you're trusting 12 people to judge your decision. In Philadelphia the jury is going to be a lot more likely to nail you than in the burbs. The kid's parents are going to be on the stand explaining how he was a good kid who went to choir practise and basketball try outs...he was only out at 2am to get his ailing sister much needed penicillin and was only carrying a knife to protect him from roaming packs of dingoes.