ORIGINAL: oldelkhunter
You are now assuming a crackhead or guy hopped up on meth thinks rationally, are you serious here? Within 21 feet is considered "danger close" for someone, even with a knife to be able to get to you before you get a shot off...you will not be able to dictate the terms of this engagement
Where I live NC I am applying for my CCW and they better be real close to be a threat or the prosecutor will think otherwise. I mean you have to be in imminent danger.
You might want to check and see what the law supports as "imminent danger" -- I have always heard within 21 feet is considered such, but it would surely make a difference whether you did it in TX compared to IL, so it may vary in your state...
Good to see you are getting a CCW, I will probably never be able to do such in the communist state of IL...