Great article. I'm sure a lot of us already know most or all of this, but it's nice to see it all summed up so concisely.
http://gunculture2point0.wordpress.com/2014/06/26/andrew-branca-on-the-law-of-self-defense/Quote:
Branca’s presentation of the law of self-defense revolves around five fundamental principles, which are repeated throughout the seminar:
Innocence
Imminence
Proportionality
Avoidance
Reasonableness
He argues that all five of these must be present for you to win a self-defense case. If even one is missing, “the best your attorney can do is get you a good plea bargain.”
Here I summarize each of the five, but note that each is discussed in a separate chapter of the LOSD book (Chapters 2-6).