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Message: <blockquote data-quote="henschman" data-source="post: 2253974" data-attributes="member: 4235">The SYG law is not what the guy misunderstood.  He did in fact have every legal right to stand in that street, and had no requirement to retreat if attacked.  The part of the law he didn't get is the provision that a person cannot take advantage of the defense of self defense if he is the aggressor; and the requirement that he had to be reasonably in fear of death/SBI.  In any case, the fact that the shooter was an idjit does not reflect negatively on the law in any way, IMO.</blockquote>