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Gun Control & RKBA

Ocelot II

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4. Here ya go:

Reply to sarisataka (Reply #3)

Thu Aug 1, 2024, 09:13 AM

Aug 2024

https://mn.gov/law-library-stat/archive/supct/2024/OPA220432-073124.pdf

"Given that the facts of this case involve brandishing a machete in self defense, our narrow extension of the judicially created duty to retreat when reasonably possible is limited to persons who commit felony second-degree assault-fear with a particular type of dangerous weapon—namely, a device designed as a weapon and capable of producing death or great bodily harm."

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MN Supreme Court duty to retreat ruling {xpost from Minnesota} [View all] sarisataka Aug 2024 OP

That's crazy. bucolic_frolic Aug 2024 #1

Pepper spray isn't deadly force, so the decision wouldn't apply. Ocelot II Aug 2024 #2

I haven't seen the text of the decision sarisataka Aug 2024 #3

Here ya go: Ocelot II Aug 2024 #4

TY sarisataka Aug 2024 #5

My question would be, how would the person being assaulted, yagotme Aug 2024 #6