all of us have the right to use lethal force to stop a lethal threat, ANY TIME AND ANY PLACE. what made you think otherwise? Now, if she does not have a weapon, is not a LOT stronger than you and since she IS female (and I assume you are male) then you might have a BAD time convincing a prosecutor or a jury that you HAD TO SHOOT her. Are you some kind of wimp? I've never met a woman who could even come close to scaring me, without a gun in her hand, basically, much less make me actually shoot her. Sheesh.