Reply #63: What is the standard to decide threat?

[peacebaby3]

What I may feel is a threat, you may not.

If you are in your car and I walk up to ask you directions with my hands stuck in my coat pocket, should you have the right to shoot and kill me? All you would have to say is you felt threatened if there are no witnesses.

I'm not arguing that a person has to wait until someone has them down on the ground with a knife to their throat to defend themselves, but I think that this has the potential to open up a pandora's box.

As I am sure you know, not every gun owner out there is reasonable and I think they will have the opportunity to use this law to practice vigilantism.

Also, I'm not ready to gun down some kid who comes on my property to steal my garden gnome. I had a pink flamingo, but someone stole him. :)