You’ve yet to establish that your “suspect” was even armed, much less willing to use that weapon to kill you. So “being prepared to die” does not even enter into a rational and objective assessment of the situation yet.
“You’ve yet to establish that your “suspect” was even armed, much less willing to use that weapon to kill you.”
The stop was made at night in a dimly lit rural area. The vehicle came back registered to a man wanted for questioning in the murder of a local hunter. I never said he was armed. You should go back and read my initial post.