The Five Elements of Lawful Self-Defense

Posted on 3 December 2022 by The Tactical Hermit

The Five Elements of Lawful Self-Defense

I will never forget something a good friend of mine told me that lawfully defended himself in a self-defense shooting over a decade ago:

“The REAL fight for your life begins after the shooting stops.”

Concealed carriers should know the five elements of self-defense that are vulnerable to attack and have at least a fundamental understanding of each. Those five elements are:

Innocence
Imminence
Proportionality
Avoidance
Reasonableness

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I will never forget something a good friend of mine told me that lawfully defended himself in a self-defense shooting over a decade ago:

“The REAL fight for your life begins after the shooting stops.”

Concealed carriers should know the five elements of self-defense that are vulnerable to attack and have at least a fundamental understanding of each. Those five elements are:

Innocence

Imminence

Proportionality

Avoidance

Reasonableness