So uhh what happens if someone comes up to your window and starts punching you or breaks your window? Can you shoot them at that point? I assume you can't just shoot the guy. I carry pepper spray, it seems like it has more utility than a gun desu.
Thoughts? I have a gun but rarely carry because most of the bad things that happen in my town are attributed to bar fights and such
Why is the anime cop there.
where do you think you are?
Depends on your local laws assuming you're in the States.
If some one attacks you physically for no reason you’re justified in defending yourself. The level of force used is dictated by your ability to defend yourself by other means.
For instance either
> you are bigger & stronger than your attacker and can over power them
> your attacker is bigger and stronger than you and you could not over power them.
The attacker possessing a weapon negates all that.
Just drive away.
Or better yet, use one hand to grab them and leave the other hand to control the steering wheel, and then floor it.
Using a firearm for self defense should always be a last resort. However, States have different laws that define your right to self defense. If there is a serious risk of death or great bodily harm to yourself or a fellow innocent, you can use deadly force to protect human life. Most have a castle doctrine law, which means, on your property, you do not need to retreat before resorting to deadly force. If your state has some sort of duty to retreat law, for your shooting to be clear from all charges, both criminal and civil, you will need to make a retreat before resorting to deadly force. If you are being pursued, or are cornered and can not reasonably escape without the possibility of death or serious injury, you can use deadly force.
If your state has a stand your ground law, then any place you are legally allowed to be, you do not need to retreat to use deadly force, if someone threatens your life or someone else's life.
In this case, It's hard to say. Your best bet would be to immediately exit the car and back away. If he keeps attacking your car, stay back. You can not use deadly force to defend property. If you attack him to stop the assault, and you end up shooting him, You MIGHT avoid jail, but the family will definitely sue your ass.
If he comes after you with a weapon as you attempt a retreat, light his ass up. Just hope you have witnesses, or that he isn't some important guy's shitheil son/cousin.
Having a lawyer on retainer is also smart.
>ranged or melee weapon
In most free states shoot them once they start breaking through the window assuming you cant drive away, or if they swing at you if the window is down. They are employing force that in the eyes of a reasonable man would likely result in grievous bodily harm or death. that is the literal definition most places use for when it's appropriate to use lethal force.
>imma just punch your window or try to fight you
Drive away for fucks sake if you can. or just fucking sit in your car and call 911. If you have tempered side windows then kimbo slice his ghostly self is gonna have a real hard time getting to you. If none of those work then a "reasonable" person might think that a clearly deranged individual punching out their window and assaulting them, or otherwise dragging them out of a car was engaged in an act of robbery/grand theft auto via force. That'd be a forceable felony in many localities and therefore a shooting offense. YMMV though, check your state/local laws.