[Dr Winston O Boogie jr]

Originally Posted by billethkid

Minimal force = one shot!
Maybe for some, lawyers, etc.
To me and many others minimal.......MINIMAL.....force does not include an action that can result in death.......

We all know how the law/ legal system works......
Use
Abuse
Or hide behind

The letter of the law.

MINIMAL and death do not go in the same sentence.

Quoting a legal interpretation does not make it right.

I wonder how a lawyer would explain to a family member of the deceased how a LETHAL result, in this case the death of another person was the acceptable use of minimal response??

To each his own.

This thread is approaching "minimal" merry go round speed.....oh-oh!

The term is minimum LETHAL force. In other words, just enough force to kill someone but no more. It's possible that in some instances a person might survive minimal lethal force.

If a person is attacked and feels that their life is in jeopardy, they may shoot their attacker. If that stops the attack, then they must stop shooting. If the attacker is lying on the ground and the threat has obviously been stopped then the shooting must cease.

If in that example the shooter got up and shot the attacker while he was lying on the ground it would be considered excessive lethal force.