On the news: bear attack
Please excuse if this has been posted before: Bear attacks travel trailer with family inside
Forum Discussion
If you are genuinely being attacked by a bear, discussing the legalities of useful defense is ridiculous.
Do you know it's illegal to shoot people? True! There are no circumstances where it magically become legal to shoot anyone. Self defense is an "affirmative defense". You can only ever be found not guilty, never innocent. What you are effectively saying is you were "justified" in using deadly force. That's as good as it ever gets. You have to admit you performed an illegal act, then justify why you had to. The bear defense will be no different. Unless it's bear season. There is no human season. Ever. That's where the similarities end. The two situations are not perfectly analogus.
Do you know it's illegal to shoot people? True! There are no circumstances where it magically become legal to shoot anyone. Self defense is an "affirmative defense". You can only ever be found not guilty, never innocent. What you are effectively saying is you were "justified" in using deadly force. That's as good as it ever gets. You have to admit you performed an illegal act, then justify why you had to. The bear defense will be no different. Unless it's bear season. There is no human season. Ever. That's where the similarities end. The two situations are not perfectly analogus.
