Lawlor, Bruce M. “When Deadly Force is Involved.” Rowman & Littlefeild. 2017
Review: let me begin by offering a word on this book, “ Awesome!” We have already covered other awesome books by the likes of Marc MacYoung and Rory Miller concerning self-defense, violence and the use of force. This one provides a method to communicate that seemed to work well for me and I feel it will do the same for you.
Let me begin by saying, it does NOT provide you with either legal advice nor legal references other than semantic references to give you “A FEELING” for a general understanding necessary to talk the talk with an attorney should you find yourself facing the legal system in a self-defense case. The way this book tells the story then covers the subject of each chapter gives one the “Sense and Sensibility” of the self-defense defense if you apply your self-protection skills.
It helps to understand in a general way what you are up against when you face-off with the legal system. In my past meanderings of the written word I have mentioned that you don’t just face the conflict and battle of an aggressor, you don’t just face the repercussions such as grave harm and you do FACE another conflict and battle from those in the legal system who will scrutinize your skills, past, present perceptions, and more to filter out what you did according to their perceptions, beliefs and rules/law never before experienced by you as a non-professional in self-protection.
This book provides you with a plathora of data, concepts and possibilities toward creating a self-protection program that goes far and beyond mere physical skills and techniques. It provides data to build a holistic wholehearted comprehensive program that covers the full spectrum of not just martial disciplines but those concepts necessary to prepare, train, practice and experience those things that will matter should you face-off with the legal system.
After all, the battle for self-protection never ends when the attacker stops his attack because your adversary will shift from him to, “first responders, their leadership, those who lead the charge in the prosecutor office, all the way to the court staff and those unpredictable folks who will sit and judge what you did, how you did it and all the other stuff discussed in this book to make a decision on your future.
You can suffer damage far beyond that heaped on you from an attacker and long after leaving the ER because the legal system holds just as many dangers over the many months to years that will follow in the meat grinder called the legal system.
Get the book! Study, read, study some more then seek out legal advice from someone in the legal system who has the experience and understanding of self-defense law and legal system.
