[kiryandil]

I re-examined our conversation to see where it went off the rails.

I was talking about "confrontations"

You started talking about a "legal obligation to retreat from a deadly threat".

We're not talking about the same thing. Not all confrontations are deadly threats. Sometimes, a confrontation is just a confrontation.

Let someone else have it, on both counts.

[mlo]

"I re-examined our conversation to see where it went off the rails."

Good, that should be helpful.

"I was talking about "confrontations". You started talking about a "legal obligation to retreat from a deadly threat".

No. In the my original reply, in which I quoted you, you said that retreating was required. Not a just a good idea, required.

I explained that this was not actually true in most states, and then you acted like it was a different subject.