How Old Do You Need to Be to Defend Yourself?

This case also highlights that people you know can be a threat. Child fatally shoots family member in self defense at Benicia home on London Circle in domestic violence incident, police say - ABC7 San Francisco

There is very little information provided about this incident.

Once at the home, the fire crew and police officers found a man who had been shot once and who died despite efforts to keep him alive, according to police officials.

The initial 911 call indicated that the shooting was in self-defense during a domestic violence attack and involved multiple family members, including a juvenile

This sounds like a violent husband/father attacked the mother and/or the child. The child put an end to the attack. We don't know that is what happened. Because it is a domestic violence incident, and it involves a child, it is unlikely that any more information will be released.

The Left loves to say that children should not have any access to firearms. So are the saying that it would be better for this guy to continue beating his wife, and perhaps beat her to death? Also, how old do you need to be to defend yourself?

The Left also loves to go on about the statistic that if you own a gun, you are more likely to shoot someone you know than a perfect stranger. They want you to believe that every one of those shootings is a tragic accident. This shooting was not a tragic accident. People you know, can be a threat.

Benicia, California is about 18 miles north of Oakland in the San Francisco Bay Area, though the drive from Oakland will be more like 30 miles.

In any event, self-defense is a human right. I don't think even a deep-blue city prosecutor, is going to go after a juvenile for defending his mother from a domestic assault, but it is California. (Hat tip to Keep and Bear Arms.)