i have been following this discussion since it started and how it has deteriorated. i had checked with a judge,a prosecutor,a crimminal defence lawyer,some leo i know,and of course read the relevent state laws pertaining to this subject. all of these agreed i would be within my rights to use my firearm in my state. and i realize that some states laws are different. yet when i posted this information one person as much as called me a liar. this one person also made the claim that i was the reason they were trying to take peoples guns away. i think it was post 14 but not sure,(if i have the wrong post number my apologies). i am not a hot-head and can assure you i do my best NOT to give the gun-grabbers further reason to try to seize anybodys guns. i have always tried to be law-abiding. why else would i check with those who should know? for anybody to suggest that all these people i asked are wrong is ludicrous. i realize that we will disagree at times but name-calling and unfounded accusations are not the way to do it. if you want to believe that deadly force is illegal thats your priviledge. i and most others on this thread believe otherwise and it is obvious that some of them are like me and have checked into the law where they live. please put the name calling and unfounded accusations where they belong that is in the garbage. a good measure of common sense is knowing when it is time to "agree to disagree" and move on. unfortunatly some people are trying to stir things up and like an earlier post i smell a troll.