Self Defense (United States)
Self-defense in the United States ( self-defense ) is legitimate self -defense that justifies the use of force under certain circumstances.
principle
In the United States , the principle applies: "[A] person is privileged to use such force as reasonably appears necessary to defend him or herself against an apparent threat of unlawful and immediate violence from another." (A “person is entitled to use such violence as is reasonably necessary to defend himself against the obviously illegal and direct violence of another”). In cases of non-fatal violence, the individual must reasonably believe that the violence used was necessary to avert impending unlawful physical injury. In addition, if lethal force has been used, that person must reasonably assume that the use of lethal force is immediately necessary to avert the injury, great physical suffering, or death. Most states in the United States no longer require a person to back away before using lethal force. In the other countries that consider it necessary to move back in advance, there is no obligation to move back if it is unsafe or in your own living space.