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Originally Posted by rjoefish
This is the part of the proposed Iowa law I disagree with. It's not about whether you fear for your or someone else's life it's whether you think the person you're about to kill is about to commit a 'serious felony'. Here that can mean assault with injury so in theory I would be able to shoot someone I think is about to punch someone in the face or something like that. It's way too broad IMO.
I don't think it will pass as there and we already have laws set up the way you describe here which I think are adequate.
are you sure about the bolded?
GA uses the term "Forcible Felony" which encompasses these specific offenses:
Murder
Armed Robbery (or Aggravated Assault, inclusive)
Kidnapping
Rape
Aggravated Child Molestation
Aggravated Sodomy
Aggravated Sexual Battery
Which I'm fine with. Now obviously it isn't good to legalize deadly force as a defense against simple battery. Sometimes Serious Felony and "Forcible Felony" are used interchangeably.