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[–] [email protected] 3 points 13 hours ago (2 children)

Well, that same younger brother is now married with 4 children, and is very anti-vac, saying it has cancer in it. Also, he thinks it is legal to shoot someone in self defense, which is illegal in Canada. You can't fix stupid sometimes.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

The first part is idiotic, but the second is completely reasonable. Here's what the law states in Canada:

Defence — use or threat of force

34 (1) A person is not guilty of an offence if

(a) they believe on reasonable grounds that force is being used against them or another person or that a threat of force is being made against them or another person;

(b) the act that constitutes the offence is committed for the purpose of defending or protecting themselves or the other person from that use or threat of force; and

(c) the act committed is reasonable in the circumstances.

If someone is trying to kill you and you have a gun, I think you'd have a strong defense for killing them. However, if they obviously don't have a deadly weapon, you'd have a much weaker defense.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 12 hours ago

Well, I’m not going to argue with anything except one thing, from talking to Canadians, my understanding is that while you don’t have a stand your ground or castle doctrine/law, it’s not illegal either. It seems to be very much case dependent and as a Canadian you’re expected to respond with “reasonable and proportional” force, which, is very subjective I guess? Idk, if you’re going to try to do it in Canada, you better be in your closet and the other person better be coming with a gun.