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It's an easy saying for a complicated subject.

If you are justified in using this form of force you do so understanding the potential consequences - the immediate and the subsequent. It doesn't mean you must proceed to deadly force, but you better prepared for that outcome. Hopefully, this form of force stops the escalation of the threat.

Good result. He left and you didn't have to shoot him, but you were prepared.

My question is, was he aware that you had drawn your pistol?