if you were a father witnessing your son getting pummeled like that and you were armed...justified?
Lemesee…..,
1. Immediate and unavoidable ✅ (yep, already happening),
2. danger of death or grave bodily injury ✅ (yep, victim restrained on the ground while being beaten by a mob),
3. to yourself or an innocent. ✅ (obviously).
Seems like yeah, justified.
But let’s look at it the other way, and say that, for fear of wrongful prosecution by the local Khmer Rouge, you don’t, and they kill your son (or anyone, for that matter).
You forever own the guilt of letting an innocent be killed via inaction in compliance with an unlawful and evil regime. Some people can live with that, and some people just. will. not. - like the Lifeguard friend.
Good you asked the question - I’m sure all of us ponder this scenario at times, given the degenerate nature of our society today.