No. of Recommendations: 8
If some insane rando threatens you and innocent people around you, no matter how close he swings the blade close to your nose, you have no right to protect yourself until he actually stabs you, and maybe not even then. Good system.As Lapsody pointed out, that's incorrect. If someone commits assault against you or others, you are allowed to use force to defend yourself or others. Even the prosecution in this case acknowledged that when Penny
initiated force against Neely, it was lawful - even laudable.
Below is a link to the NY Penal Code provision on the justified use of force. You're allowed to use physical force against another person to prevent the imminent use by that person of unlawful force against you or another person. You're allowed to use
deadly force in response to that other person using or being about to use deadly force themselves, subject to limits and caveats.
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/PEN/35.1...
