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Originally Posted by BendRick
I don't need a CCW Permit because the US Constitution & Bill of Rights already guarantees that. If anyone threatens me or my family, I am Required to Protect myself and them, with Deadly Force. It's as simple as that.
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Also, I don't know about that "required" bit but use of deadly force by civilians requires more than simple threat of violence:
"When deadly force is used by a private citizen, the reasonableness rule does not apply. The citizen must be able to prove that a felony occurred or was being attempted, and that the felony threatened death or bodily harm. Mere suspicion of a felony is considered an insufficient ground for a private citizen to use deadly force.
This was demonstrated in the Michigan case of People v. Couch, 436 Mich. 414, 461 N.W.2d 683 (1990), where the defendant shot and killed a suspected felon who was fleeing the scene of the crime. The Michigan supreme court ruled that Archie L. Couch did not have the right to use deadly force against the suspected felon because the suspect did not pose a threat of injury or death to Couch."
http://www.answers.com/topic/deadly-force