The only way she could shoot her attacker and safely make an escape is by seizing an opportunity to do so. Does the circumstance of an "opportunity" mean she is no longer under immediate threat of death and therefore cannot follow through?
Your semantics are silly.
He is an attacker. He is not a murder victim. She is not a murderer. Murder charges would uphold no law.
Does the circumstance of an "opportunity" mean she is no longer under immediate threat of death and therefore cannot follow through? >>>
PRECISELY.
My analysis is NOT "silly," that is the law.