[Yo-Yo]

With all due respect Yo-Yo, this is oversimplified thinking. Sometimes you cannot be sure of outcome of a given situation, particularly when you don't have all the facts of a situation.

Hard to equate a maritime engagement and a civilian shooting.

[JRandomFreeper]

Law enforcement and self defense can be done by state actors, or individuals. If I stop a criminal trespass as an individual, I am engaging in both.

/johnny