>I'm saying that we're relying on respondents' interpretations of "confront another person" and "defend." If confronting someone with lethal force prevented an

>I'm saying that we're relying on respondents' interpretations of "confront another person" and "defend." If confronting someone with lethal force prevented an attack from occurring, do you count that as defense? It sounds like you want some kind of guarantee that the attack was going to happen if the person was not confronted, which is impossible for you to know for sure. Personally, I like erring on the side of preventing an attack on myself/loved ones then the side of "let's make sure they're actually going to hurt me/my family before I do anything."