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Originally Posted by covey ridge
We do not have castle doctrine but we do have the right of self defense. Its just that no one is going to give anyone blanket permission to gut shoot or off someone with no questions asked. If one is required to defend life there will be an investigation and if the defense is found to be reasonable there will be no charges.
Probably not get away with shooting someone running away after stealing gasoline.
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Like everything else in Canada, it's subjective and up to the cops. Reasonable force is a tricky thing.