What about when a man relentlessly follows and tries to pick up a woman? Should she shoot him?
Or, how about annoying salespeople who won’t leave you alone? Yes, we may want to shoot them, but should we be allowed to?
Yes. Also when a woman relentlessly follows and tries to pick up a man.
FAFO.
Both depend on the nature of the threat. In this case, there was a threat disparity and the shooter had attempted to get the shoootee to stop and tried to remove himself from the situation, only to be pursued by two people.
Yes, if their behavior poses a possible threat.
I'll throw the "when" question back to you, in the case of rape:
Chick gets the creeps from a guy on the other side of a parking lot at night, say 50' away. He starts walking towards her. She tells him to stay away from him but he keeps getting closer. She says shes armed.
So is it ok for her to shoot:
-as soon as she finishes saying she's armed
-when he's 10' away
-when he's within arm's reach
-when he grabs her arm
-when she's on the ground
-when he starts pulling clothes off
-when he whips it out
-when he penetrates
I say the 10', but I'm sure there's at least one leftist DA out there that would say that since he never actually hit her and wasn't armed, you couldn't know his true intentions until the actual moment of penetration. He may have just wanted to rub his thingy on her.