I'm sure info on this must exist somewhere, but I searched and was unable to locate any.
I've been reading a lot lately on MA gun law in preparation for my first steps into firearm ownership. I remember once reading something about a state that had laws on a maximum number of times you can fire at an attacker in self defense, before it's considered excessive violence.
If hypothetically I'm attacked in my home or on the street, is there a written legal number of shots I can fire before I could be in legal trouble, or is it situational and up for interpretation? My thinking had always been to use the least force necessary to end the threat but after reading Jim Higginbotham's article on 'The Center Mass Myth and Ending a Gunfight', I have begun wondering about this. I'm sure I will learn about this in one of the classes I'm planning on taking but I wanted to ask here.
I've been reading a lot lately on MA gun law in preparation for my first steps into firearm ownership. I remember once reading something about a state that had laws on a maximum number of times you can fire at an attacker in self defense, before it's considered excessive violence.
If hypothetically I'm attacked in my home or on the street, is there a written legal number of shots I can fire before I could be in legal trouble, or is it situational and up for interpretation? My thinking had always been to use the least force necessary to end the threat but after reading Jim Higginbotham's article on 'The Center Mass Myth and Ending a Gunfight', I have begun wondering about this. I'm sure I will learn about this in one of the classes I'm planning on taking but I wanted to ask here.