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driver8 wrote:Am I understanding this correctly? I can only defend myself/my family with a gun if I am being asaulted by someone with a gun? Mywife or daughter cannot protect themselves from being raped or murdered unless the perp has a weapon?

we are talking about fist fight, or some throw a punch or jab at an armed CHler.

In fist fight that turns deadly, witnesses are the key for acquittal at the trial. If the witnesses can testify the shooter was vocal enough to warn the attacker to back off, tried his best to retreat before shooting, and he did not provoke the attacker, then this is what gets the shooter home. In case of absence of witnesses, the case is very tough.

So many people died when the attacker were unarmed. Hands are deadly too. Just look a the College student who killed his girlfriend. Only bare hands were used.

I myself was fascinated by this case of the law.
If I was attacked by one like Tyson, the famous boxer, I will try to run like a deer, failure of running, I may risk one punch or 2, then I will shoot 2-tap center mass.

I guess, the legislator stopped short of allowing deploying deadly force on unarmed subject as this will open a slippery slope for minor violent encounter that turns deadly. A recent case is the parking lot attendant who was shot and killed after a fist fight. He was armed, but by law could not deploy a deadly force.