79% of the French are in favor of giving shopkeepers the right to self-defense against robbers.
Now the French have no right to self-defense. I mean, legally it exists, but in fact it is impossible to prove self-defense.
Under the law, there are several strict restrictions on your actions being considered self-defense. In addition, there is judicial practice that very strictly examines the justification of self-defense. For example, there were such cases. The man was convicted that when a man attacked him with a knife, he knocked him down, dropped the knife and continued to strike. found guilty. Like, why did you keep hitting him if the knife wasn't there anymore? Or another was convicted because a drunken man beat him and broke his bone. And he hit the attacker in response and he fell. Well, they still convicted him, even though they broke his bone. They said he was drunk, so he wasn't a threat and there was no need to hit him. Or in Grenoble in 2022, two guys started insulting a man and one attacked him and started beating him. The guy knocked him out. Then the other flew up with clenched fists. The guy also f***** him. And he was convicted, because only the first managed to hurt you, why did you hurt the second as well?
What should you do to ensure that your self-defense in France is definitely recognized as legal in court?
First, you should not provoke the aggressor. That is, if you were rude or rude, and you responded in the same spirit, then your further actions cannot be considered self-defense. You must be polite, apologetic, and seek to resolve the conflict.
Second, you must try to escape. Well, if some idiot runs up to you, who you kill with Dennis, and says he f***** your mother, you should apologize and try to run away from him.
Third, you cannot strike first. Even if your opponent has already rushed you and you dodged or have a better reaction, you can't hit him until he hits you. I mean, if you want to legally be able to defend yourself, put your face under the punches.