Justice may be blind, but she sho' is expensive.
If you think about it from a little outside of the box, retreat generally insights pursuit, especially in animals, and often in humans as well. It's just a common reaction, psychologically, and this point was a central issue, if I remember correctly, in the consideration of the "castle doctrine" in Florida. The application of this "turn around and run" idea fails badly when put into the most basic of deadly confrontation scenarios, it just does not play well in a real situation. Our legal system, as a whole, is badly broken, in my view. There are surely god folks within it, but as an entity, it's busted. As the previous poster said, in the real world, YOU have to make the determination of when a peaceful outcome has been taken out of your hands. While the law makes no accomodation for a moral consideration, I do, and I am compelled to by my way of life, and my values, which stemfrom my relationship with Jesus of Nazareth. Ultimately, I have to be able to reconcile these things when I lie down to sleep, whether it is in a jail, or the comfort of my home. And I will add, that I must be ready to risk the consequences of the law in cases where my actions could be questionable, under the law. If, for instance, I saw someone sweep up a little child, or a woman, off of the street, I would do everything in my power to stop that situation from proceding, and if it turned out that my assumptions were wrong, in the split second I had to make the decision, so be it. It is a large part of why I am armed. Luke 22: 35-36. Flapjack.
