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poo'd myself? No, just took care of a crazy situation as best I could with no violence. Escalation of force was not necessary. You can always play, "what if?" And in CA you can't use deadly force in a situation that doesn't call for it.
So let's go with your path of action. Crazy woman walks in the apartment. I grab the nightstand spoon and tell her to get out. That agitates her more and she reaches into her bag. I put two in the chest and one in the head with my g/f and son watching. Even if I don't go to jail for killing an unarmed person, my son and g/f end up pretty messed up in the head.
Instead I calmly handle the situation with no escalation of force and it's over in a minute or so. Son and g/f are a little freaked out but nothing serious.
So, could she have killed me or had some accomplice waiting in the wings? Maybe. But she didn't.
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