Quote Originally Posted by 1911 Guy View Post
Its a tough one but to put it into spoken terms, he is not completely incorrect, it depends on the scenario. The law , well South African law, has many loop holes on justification of crimes and scenarios, if that scenario is in a restaurant with a knife and gun, the attacker with the knife has to proceed to stab you in order to find it self defense. De-escalation of the situation would be first preference from a courts point of view. Criminal law and firearm competency are two different things although it supposed to be in the same basket.
That is completely untrue. Neither the (in)competency training material nor any act supports what you are saying. Waiting to get stabbed before you engage the threat with a firearm isn't just not required but it would also be quite far past the 'rather stupid' line.