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Is shooting someone who is trying to beat you up self defense?
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To answer the OP's question, yes, sometimes shooting someone who is trying to beat you up is self defense. It all depends on the circumstances, though maybe not in the OP's case. However, the first Texas CHL shooting was just such a case, involving road rage. Gordon Hale's vehicle apparently bumped mirrors with another vehicle occupied by two men who then chased Hale, finally catching him at an intersection. The driver got out and approached Hale's vehicle. Hale rolled down his window, ostensibly to talk with the man who proceeded to punch him repeatedly in the face, breaking cheek bones and doing permanent damage to Hale's left eye. The attacker started back to his own vehicle and thought better of it and decided Hale needed more of a beating and returned and started on Hale again at which time Hale produced a gun and shot his attacker once in the chest. The attacker died. Hale was charged with murder but the grand jury failed to indict him. Later, Hale noted that he wished he had never shot Tavai. Of course, Hale could be dead now as well.
http://www.nraila.org/Issues/Article...id=6&issue=003