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If it don't feel right, it usually isn't.

The way I look at it, potential threats generally have to accomplish 3 things before they can attack: 1) Identify a target, 2) Close the distance, 3) Position for an attack.

While the "stinkeye" and body language are generally enough to communicate to the potential threat that I am NOT a good target during 1) and 2), should they attempt to close to a position of advantage, they will get a verbal warning and the extended hand of "you are entering potentially dangerous territory", and if they ignore that warning and continue to try to close the distance, that is hostile intent IMO, and it is time to take defensive action commensurate with the threat at hand. While it may not be necessary to draw if other avenues are available, IMO, you must be assertive, decisive, and take action BEFORE they can encroach on your personal space.

I don't have the patience for bums, beggars, idiots, or "criminal interview" games, and my body language and assertiveness makes that perfectly clear, so they know they either need to beat feet and pick somebody else, or get on with it and take their chances. I could care less either way...