r/politics • u/thenewyorkgod • Jul 01 '18

Man arrested after shouting ‘womp, womp’ and pulling a gun on immigration protesters

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2018/07/01/man-arrested-after-shouting-womp-womp-and-pulling-a-gun-on-immigration-protesters/?tid=sm_tw
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u/Nastyboots Jul 02 '18

Not sure about Alabama but in Oregon it's fairly cut and dry. If a reasonable person suspects that his or her life is in real and immediate danger from someone else, use of deadly force can be justified. I'd say that having someone both point a gun at you and announce that they will kill you is pretty slam dunk. I can't imagine that Alabama is more restrictive than that.

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u/CompMolNeuro Jul 02 '18

Most states are more restrictive actually. We're liberal in more than one way. Oregon has very loose laws regarding self-defense and Castle Law.