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For instance, if you have a reasonable belief that this person is going to kill you with their hands and feet, or crack your skull open, or the like, then you are justified using any force necessary to stop the attack.
If you're just afraid of getting hurt non-lethally, then you are not justified in using a firearm--at least not for anything other than a threat gesture. That would be dubious ground legally, and you definitely couldn't legally fire it, but in some cases it might be appropriate to use it to back someone off even if they weren't going to kill you.
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