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In reply to the discussion: "She's got the gun on me": Video shows white woman pulling pistol on black mother, daughter in MI [View all]Straw Man
(6,613 posts)I think that the black woman in this encounter would have been perfectly justified, morally and legally, in shooting the white woman who was brandishing a pistol in her face and acting irrationally. The first response to your post says essentially the same thing. But since she apparently wasn't armed, she was risking her and her daughter's lives by confronting the woman in the way she did. Luckily, it worked out, but as a general course of action it is not advisable.
I would probably go against the general current of feelings on this site if I advised people to arm themselves against such encounters, but that's what I believe should be done. When someone is pointing a gun in your face and screaming at you, there is every reason to believe your life is in danger, and you are justified in responding with deadly force.