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In the context it's usually used (the 'reasonable person' standard) in the law, it's someone of "normal" education, without specialized knowledge -- i.e. the "average joe."

One of the reasons lawyers almost never want other lawyers on a jury is because the specialized training and use of language and interpretation of the law as written is not "common" to the rest of us. DItto the reason LEO's are very rarely seated on juries.

In a case regarding firearms or self-defense, the odds are pretty good that one or the other lawyers wouldn't want most of us -- as a rule we have more knowledge of the specifics around firearms and self defense law and application than the "average" guy on the street.

At least that's my layman's interpretation of the "reasonable person" that is so often referenced and so rarely actually located.