11-04-2009, 05:07 PM
Quote:US law does, and I'm sure Canadian law does. I believe the rule of thumb is that you are allowed to use 'reasonable' force.I believe the rule of thumb is that you are allowed to respond in kind. No bringing a gun to a fist fight, but if someone is attacking you with a gun, you're in the clear.
The rules up North.
However, as should be quite apparent by now, this is not about the actual law, so much as the perception of society's "softness" to drug violence enforcement. I would say this perception, though widespread, is largely false. But I don't have handy data to back that up, so maybe that's just countering bias with bias.
-Jester