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    Default Use of force question.

    So I am talking to a co worker and their understanding of the law is that you cannot use force to protect another from serious bodily injury or death.

    I think you can but searching around here hasn't come up anything.

    Can someone point me to the text of the law please?
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    Default Re: Use of force question.

    http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/...8&div=0&chpt=5


    § 506. Use of force for the protection of other persons.

    (a) General rule.--The use of force upon or toward the person of another is justifiable to protect a third person when:

    (1) the actor would be justified under section 505 (relating to use of force in self-protection) in using such force to protect himself against the injury he believes to be threatened to the person whom he seeks to protect;

    (2) under the circumstances as the actor believes them to be, the person whom he seeks to protect would be justified in using such protective force; and

    (3) the actor believes that his intervention is necessary for the protection of such other person.

    (b) Exception.--Notwithstanding subsection (a), the actor is not obliged to retreat to any greater extent than the person whom he seeks to protect.



    (June 28, 2011, P.L.48, No.10, eff. 60 days)



    2011 Amendment. See the preamble to Act 10 in the appendix to this title for special provisions relating to legislative findings.

    Cross References. Section 506 is referred to in section 6304 of Title 23 (Domestic Relations); section 8340.2 of Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure).

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    Default Re: Use of force question.

    Same rules as defending yourself, but the standards are on them. If you were justified in using force, and did not or could not, I could step in and do it.
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    Default Re: Use of force question.

    So I am talking to a co worker and their understanding of the law is that you cannot use force to protect another from serious bodily injury or death.


    some people have no clue, and then theres the ignorant ones that think "they know" ...
    a slow death awaits you,but not before love reminds you that there is good in you

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    Default Re: Use of force question.

    Quote Originally Posted by MT1 View Post
    http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/...8&div=0&chpt=5


    § 506. Use of force for the protection of other persons.

    (a) General rule.--The use of force upon or toward the person of another is justifiable to protect a third person when:

    (1) the actor would be justified under section 505 (relating to use of force in self-protection) in using such force to protect himself against the injury he believes to be threatened to the person whom he seeks to protect;

    (2) under the circumstances as the actor believes them to be, the person whom he seeks to protect would be justified in using such protective force; and

    (3) the actor believes that his intervention is necessary for the protection of such other person.

    (b) Exception.--Notwithstanding subsection (a), the actor is not obliged to retreat to any greater extent than the person whom he seeks to protect.



    (June 28, 2011, P.L.48, No.10, eff. 60 days)



    2011 Amendment. See the preamble to Act 10 in the appendix to this title for special provisions relating to legislative findings.

    Cross References. Section 506 is referred to in section 6304 of Title 23 (Domestic Relations); section 8340.2 of Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure).
    Thanks!

    Quote Originally Posted by Stooperzero View Post
    some people have no clue, and then theres the ignorant ones that think "they know" ...
    This is exactly what it is. I showed them the text of the law and they said that it can be taken many ways and they believe what their family says and their friends that are cops haha.
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    OC.......do it for the boobies........

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    Default Re: Use of force question.

    Next time someone tells OP what the law is, make them do a citation that backs up their claim. Enjoy watching them search and search until their searcher is searched out, searching for something that is not there.

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    Default Re: Use of force question.

    Sounds like your co-worker isn't going to survive an office-rage incident, and you will (:

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    Default Re: Use of force question.

    This is exactly what it is. I showed them the text of the law and they said that it can be taken many ways and they believe what their family says and their friends that are cops haha.
    Yep, always get your legal advise from the police*

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