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Originally Posted by jhenry
I am failing to see any issue with this woman doing what she did to protect her child and herself...
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Except that she and her child were most likely not in any physical danger and could have left the area. That means that a threat with lethal force was most likely not legally justified.
I know we all find it very pleasing that this woman was able to send a pervert scurrying. The mental image of him startled by her display of a gun is very satisfying. We like these kinds of happy endings. But that doesn't make this incident a good illustration of an appropriate use of lethal force in self defense.
She'll probably suffer no legal repercussions. But that will most likely be more a question of politics.