On Mon, 19 Sep 2005 08:14:06 GMT, Gunner Asch wrote:

he criteria, in virtually all jurisdictions, is :

"You must have reasonable cause to belive, that your life, or the life
of another is in immediate danger, before you can employ deadly force"

Reasonable, meaning it will pass the Reasonable Man test, which is
basicly what the jury will decide was reasonable.

In other words, keep a spare, unregistered gun or big knife at hand. Make
sure your fingerprints aren't on it, but the bad guys ones are...
Geoff