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So if you have good reason to think someone is about to pull a weapon on you, are you going to kill someone, that might just be an odd duck meaning no harm, or are you going to let them strike first? Think about it, because I've been in that very situation more than once. Twice I'm very certain in retrospect that they were going to assault and rob me, once it was a low IQ person that made a dumb decision about entering a house I was beginning to flip in the ‘hood and approaching me from behind with a hammer (that I had dropped in the street). That latter person was half a second from swinging if he wanted to, but turned out to be a very nice and good man that lived next door. I'm certain in retrospect that he meant no harm. The way I look at it, I saved my life twice and saved the last man's life (and mine) by not having a "pull it-shoot it" mentality.

Under the law, you can’t just THINK you were being threatened.

You have to BE threatened before you threaten the other party.
You had better be sure of your situation, because trouble is sure to follow even if you are justified.