===========================frankie_the_yankee wrote:Yes, but it is a NORMAL emotion for someone to experience if they are threatened with an actual danger to life and limb.stevie_d_64 wrote: Fear is emotional, therefore something could be misconstrued as your emotions effected how "reasonable" you reacted to a threat...
So if you do NOT experience it in the situation in question, you could be considered to be "abnormal", which could create a perception that your reaction to the situation was possibly "unreasonable". Or possibly, the situation might be judged as not rising to the point where deadly force was necessary, in which case you're in trouble.
That's why I think the best policy is to tell the truth. If the situation put you in fear for your life, say so. That, in combination with a full description of what happened is most likely to produce a correct outcome, IMO.
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This person has a good understanding of what my post means!
In fear for my life means just that if confronted by a bad person!
I would never fear a five year old in my home that I don't know or an 85 year old lost person.
Some common sense comes into play for obvious reasons when in fear for ones life.
If ones Sister in-laws driving scares you then don't ride with her it would be common sense that you would not shoot her over being scared of how she drives.
Some times I think some people on this board try a little to hard to get the scenario to fit the way they want so they can call others wrong. JMHO