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True it is the law in tx that an armed civilian has the right to use deadly force in the defense of self and others. However, please do not explicitly details your plans on the net. that would not look good in the court. Leave it till when the time comes. What is spontaneous reaction to life threatening situation is totally different then I had a plan of do a do b etc.

How about letting the lady "talking faith" with the robber?

Most likely scenario is that normal people will try disengage, seek cover, and call for help. Now, since we are armed, we may only instinctively draw and pull the trigger if we are felt threated or someone in our company is threatened. If you feel, that you would like to be a cop for 30 sec and want to intervene, you are taking chances. Lucky for us, in TX we have stand your ground and the right to defend a third party too.

To draw, you need to consider:
1) Do you have an advantage to draw?, is the criminal distracted enough so you can draw without you being shot?
2) Are you going to shout commands like a cop and order the criminal to drop his weapon? or
3) Or, are you going to blast the criminal right away, with 1/2 dozen rds?
4) Do you have clear and safe line of fire?
5) Do you have a cover?