A Dangerous Complacency

[Ronin13]

So I take it if I'm somewhere like Squaw pass and someone is doing unsafe firearms practices and I remind them of the rules (if they ever knew them at all) and they continue to be idiots, I can't say "If I see a gun pointed at me I'll perceive it as a viable threat and eliminate said threat"?

[Batteriesnare]

No go, you would have to prove that you could only avoid the situation by using lethal force. You could just pack up and leave.

So I take it if I'm somewhere like Squaw pass and someone is doing unsafe firearms practices and I remind them of the rules (if they ever knew them at all) and they continue to be idiots, I can't say "If I see a gun pointed at me I'll perceive it as a viable threat and eliminate said threat"?

[Ronin13]

No go, you would have to prove that you could only avoid the situation by using lethal force. You could just pack up and leave.

I will not go crying away!
"He pointed a gun at me so we left."
I'd begin by asking "Excuse me, can please not point that gun in an unsafe direction." If ignored then I'd repeat in a more stern tone. I'd continue until I felt absolute danger and draw down and yell "Stop pointing your f***ing gun at me!"