OldMarksman
Staff
Posted by TailGator:
Except that if he is facing toward you he has better ability to see when your guard is down and draw and shoot you.The important thing is not whether the other guy is facing towards you....
Very true, and that's a good reason to not try to detain him in the first place.....or whether he is obeying your instructions, or whether he may pose a threat to someone at a later time (as sometimes comes up in these discussions), but whether he poses an immediate threat to you and/or other innocents.