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Originally Posted by Garland
I've always been curious about this one; say somebody with the means to actually do it, threatens to have your family killed....
do you have the right to snuff them out right then and there?
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No. You must be in IMMEDIATE fear. A threat of death at some point in the future does not justify deadly force.
Sadly you need to inform the police and let them deal with it. 
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"In all countries where personal freedom is valued, however much each individual may rely on legal redress, the right of each to carry arms - and these the best and the sharpest - for his own protection in case of extremity, is a right of nature indelible and irrepressible, and the more it is sought to be repressed the more it will recur."
James Paterson
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