ok this has never really been an issue to me but tonight my eyes were opened, i am interested in obtaining a ccl for the same reason as everyone else, ALSO i am confused as to the use of force laws, i have never been concerned with self preservation before, sure a fight here or there leaving bars at closing time, but tonight at my job i realized i NEED to consider it more seriously, i would never shoot someone unless i had to but
can i draw on them to detain them until police arrive??
Yes. Pointing it at them is okay if you are defending yourself from a possible attack, finger outside of the trigger guard. They are robbing the place. They aren't customers. This would be for self-defense and in this circumstance, it wouldn't be considered brandishing. If they run, they run. You don't want to shoot them.
... i had an issue tonight that would have called for it but instead the theives got away with alot of money out of our vending machines...... also if i KNOW the suspect has tools that can easly be used as weapons, how far am i legally allowed to go to defend myself before he is no longer the agressor??
If they attack you and you are in danger of death AND seriously bodily injury, you can blow them away. If a guy has a gun and starts pointing it at you, you don't have to let him have the first shot. You can shoot him. If he has a knife, bat, crowbar, whatever blunt object, it's not really a threat from 20 feet away and he's just standing there. If he's running at you and ready to strike, this is an attack. If they run away, they run away. You can't shoot them while fleeing, even if they have a ton of money.
say he tries to kill me, am i legally allowed to cripple him bad enough to need a EMT to save his life??
Why cripple? Does he want to maim you or kill you? He said he was trying to kill you. Once you are in danger of death or seriously physical injury, just shoot him until the aggression stops. I would suggest aiming for the middle of the torso area. You are more likely to miss if you aim for his hand or foot or a small target. If you've been target shooting, trying to hit a small target is a challenge. Think about skeet shooting with a pistol, yeah, pretty much impossible to hit the clay bird. If he has a knife and he charges at you, if you shot his foot right at point black range, do you think you will still get stabbed? The answer is yes.
i just ask because i hear a bunch of horror stories about good people trying to save their own only to be sued
It depends, just because you get sued doesn't mean they win in court. Thugs will sue the cops because of a botched car jacking and they tried to kill the cop with the car (true story). If you are not arrested or convicted in a shooting because it was self-protection in a criminal court, you most likely won't lose a civil court case.