Calling the cops was the right thing to do.
And, if somebody is stupid enough to come at me with a fake weapon, I don't expect I'd beat myself up too badly over whatever happened. (Note: this assumes they make me believe the weapon is real; if I knew it were fake, I'd handle things differently.)
As a side note, a guy I worked with in the military worked as a reserve police officer in CA; he got shot once, during a police raid on a gang. The kid who shot him was 13. My acquaintance hesitated because he thought the kid was too young to have a real gun. He was wrong. Luckily, his vest worked that day.
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