when is it "ok"?

[HANDGUNNER]

What ever you do will be questioned, no matter what you do. People who are very comfortable, warm, safe, well fed, time on their hands, not in the dark, will decide if what you did was proper.

The best advise is to keep your mouth shut for 48 hrs. following any incident and talk to an attorney. Every jurisdiction is different, every cop is different and may slant his/her report to reflect their own views of armed self defensive (unknowingly, no malice,) and every county attorney will be different.

Relatives and people who hardly knew the scumbag will come out in droves to say what a good guy he was and the gun freak who shot him is wrong or lying. It's the worst thing that can ever happen to you, short of death. Get it!