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seamusTX wrote:Two comments:

• You said "mugger." If that means "robber," you are justified in threatening and using deadly force to prevent robbery.
• Striking with a fist can be deadly force. It would depend upon the size, strength or medical condition of the parties involved.

My take on it as a non-lawyer is that the gray area is somewhere between a thug who makes a vague verbal threat, and someone who is about to assault you.

- Jim

Yes.

And Kanders you do not have to wait until "he is ready to beat me to death." An assailant uses deadly force against you when the force is such that it can cause death or serious bodily injury.

Charles L. Cotton wrote:txinvestigator:

Based upon your scenario, I believe you are probably justified in using deadly force.

+1

I would like to thank you guys for taking the time for this analysis. I have also wondered in the past whether the penal code allowed me to draw my gun to threaten but not use deadly force when faced with threatened force (not deadly force).

Charles thanks making the clarification of the case law. Very useful information