Contradictions Exposed: Trusting Statutes, Landing in Jail!

You might believe that if you keep yourself within the plain English reading of a statute, you'd be safe from criminal liability. In fact, you'd be mistaken in that belief. Statutes don't mean what their plain English reading might suggest they mean. As a result, following the plain English reading of a statute can easily trap you into a lengthy prison sentence. In doing a periodic update of our state-specific use-of-force law content for our Law of Self Defense Members I was reminded of a pe...