![]() We are trying to be caring in this pack and god moding doesn't help. This helps prevent complete god moding because god moding is not allowed. You have to have a minimum of 3 weaknesses to your character.Note: Once a character is killed off that character is no longer allowed to be used. please let me know when you wish to kill a character off and rp it out so that we may add you to the graves of the lost. You will be aloud 2 characters at any given time.If you want to do anything like that keep it in Pm or in your Den area please and thank you. Sexual actions are not allowed in the main areas.would make it almost impossible for self defence to be successful unless in very specific circumstances. If you were to use your bedside lamp then self defence would be much easier to rely upon as it is fairly clear you didn't purchase the lamp for the purpose of attacking an intruder. You wouldn't be able to use self defence with a weapon unless you can prove why you had the weapon on you and that an attack was imminent.Įven in your own home, if you were to pull a knife from under your pillow, you wouldn't be able to use self defence as there isn't any reason for a knife to be under your pillow. You could use everyday objects in a defence situation if you had reason to possess it at the time. After all, why would you have a weapon in the first place? Another thing, the law doesn't recognise anything as a self defensive weapon no matter what the advert tells you! Any weapon is offensive by design, as it has a purpose of causing harm. As soon as weapons are thrown in to the mix, again, it becomes much harder to argue self-defence. The jury should take into account the pressure the victim would be under and also understanding that time for rational decision making would be limited! Necessary: But coming to the aid of an old woman under attack would be reasonable even if it turns out the women was attacking the other person! A jury would unlikely think shooting somebody who called you names as reasonable even if you thought it was. The circumstance is subjective, whereas the reasonable force is objective, this means the jury will decide whether an act is reasonable based on case law and common sense. It is also important to know, that if you are mistaken, the mistake is a reasonable one. Provided you genuinely believed the situation warranted your actions. What this part means is that even if there actually was no danger, or lesser danger than you believed, you can still use self defence to justify your actions. But what is reasonable? The guidance for reasonable force that it must be reasonable to the circumstance which the person believes it is. You can use reasonable force for self defence, defence of another, defence of property, preventing crime and conducting an arrest. So, the legal system has decided, quite strictly, what self defence is and what it isn't. They would always say they acted reasonably and justifiably. The problem here is that the courts would never be able to sentence somebody if they used their own definition. The problem with self defence is that everybody knows what it means everybody has their own definition of what will be self defence. Informing them of your training takes away the biggest advantage you have in such a situation the element of surprise! Your attacker is not expecting to be attacked themselves, why throw away the best weapon at your disposal? ![]() ![]() Imagine explaining to your attacker that you've been to 3 boxing classes and a self defence seminar before assuming your stance. None the less, put the kettle on, this may be a lengthy post!īefore we get started I want to address a pet peeve of mine, you do NOT have to tell your attacker that you've had training before you engage in self defence. The law in regards to self defence in the UK is painfully complex but the idea is simple and if you abide by General Choi Hong Hi’s advice you can't go too far wrong. English Law and Self Defence Part 2 is now online! Read it here! ![]()
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