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Self Defense laws in California?
Fearing that someone may come over to my house to mess with my property or my family, I am wondering what are the self defense laws in California? Can you shoot or injure a person just for trespassing on your property, or do they have to enter your house? Let's say I look out the window and I see someone slashing my tires, what exactly can I do? Thanks for any help. ![]()
Thank you for all the advice so far.
You can only defend yourself to the point of making the offending party helpless. If you see someone outside, call the police. You cannot act beyond the point of getting your life out of danger and fear of harm.
Laws On Self Defense

Laws On Self Defense
Laws about self defense.?
I live in the DFW area in Texas
I was wondering about laws pertaining to self defense.
It seems to me that I been running into more jerks lately and it seems like a lot of them tries to pick a fight with me.
So my question is, what if someone tries to attack and I defend myself by attacking back but not severely injuring the other person.
Most likely the other person can just walk away and get treatment at home.
What kind of trouble can I get into for this?
Also, say if the other person has a knife and I have to disarm by breaking their arm.
I do have training in martial arts since I was 8 but thankfully I never had to use it so thats why I am asking this question now because I am now an adult and can be legally trial as one.
It'll be great if I can get some really clear answers on this.
Thank you everyone.
You will have to look up your state's laws pertaining to self-defense type situations.
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