Pennsylvania Firearm Owners Association
| (a) General rule.--Conduct which the actor believes to be necessary to avoid a harm or evil to himself or to another is justifiable if: |
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(1) the harm or evil sought to be avoided by such conduct is greater than that sought to be prevented by the law defining the offense charged; |
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(2) neither this title nor other law defining the offense provides exceptions or defenses dealing with the specific situation involved; and |
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(3) a legislative purpose to exclude the justification claimed does not otherwise plainly appear. |
| (b) Choice of evils.--When the actor was reckless or negligent in bringing about the situation requiring a choice of harms or evils or in appraising the necessity for his conduct, the justification afforded by this section is unavailable in a prosecution for any offense for which recklessness or negligence, as the case may be, suffices to establish culpability. |
