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Not to hijack/redirect the thread.. but some good points were brought up.
There's a difference between putting yourself between your daughter and somebody yelling at you to shield her, or as a precautionary measure... and standing in front of your daughter to protect her from an imminent attack.
Yelling, screaming, pointing, fist shaking, even threats of harm are not always enough to make a "reasonable person" feel as though their life (or their daughter's) is seriously threatened.
Those who say they would "stop the threat" when he was yelling at them and their daughter need to re-look at their state laws and perhaps take a local CCW course, or they might wind up putting themselves in prison and their daughter without a father anyway. It is vital to know the conditions that must be met for when presenting a firearm, let alone discharging one, is legally justified.
And yes, verbal attacks can be a form of assault. Provokation can also be considered assault. Check your state's criminal statutes.
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