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They left the definition vague on purpose to allow some flexibility in the law. What it comes down to is what would most other people do, given the situation? That will depend on the actual scenario, including time of day, weather, distance, age differences, amount of force used, location, and on and on.....

There are far too many variables in a self-defense situation to be able to lay out black and white guidelines of how someone should react to be considered acting in self defense. Hence what a "reasonable person", or most other people would do if faced with a similar scenario. That is, put in your shoes, would they react in a similar fashion?

What is reasonable out in the country may be considered different than in urban areas. Depends on the arresting agency, the prosecuting attorney and the juries....