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An angry person shouting threats as in the OP (especially if they are saying they will kill me as the case has become) and advancing toward me with raised fists has me in reasonable suspicion of being in danger of great bodily harm.
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No.
You might have such a fear.
But it is not a
reasonable fear.
You could die from a single punch in the nose. It has happened before.
Very, very, very rarely. Every year,
thousands of guys get punched in the nose, and they don't die from it.
Your teenager could die from playing football. It has happened before. Statistically, that's more likely to happen than it is for you to die from a single punch in the nose. It's very, very rare. And every year,
thousands of teenagers play football and they don't die from it.
It would not be reasonable for your teenager to respond to an incoming tackle by pulling out a gun and shooting the lineman. Not because that tackle can't kill him (such tackles can and have killed people). But because it's a disproportionate response to the actual danger.
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