Andrew Rothman, a Twin Cities firearms trainer and vice president of the Gun Owners Civil Rights Alliance, said Friday that if the events unfolded as the armed citizen described, "the permit holder acted appropriately. Chasing the mugger to recover the purse or to effect a citizen's arrest is permitted by law."Says japete:
And, if Evanovich "then escalated by pointing and/or shooting at the good Samaritan, the good Samaritan would have been completely justified in shooting," Rothman said.
There will be a lot more about this one before it's over and not much can be determined yet.I'm not that generous. To me, when a cop or an armed civilian chases a fleeing criminal, it's very unlikely that killing that criminal will be justified. Of course, afterwards it's easy to say he turned around and aimed a gun, or you thought he was reaching for a gun, but I find it incredible (not believable).
This is the problem with DGU statistics. Whether you believe the truly bizarre numbers of Gary Kleck or the more reasonable numbers produced by the CDC or even the FBI, some percentage of them is NOT defensive at all.
Even when evidence is so overwhelming that legitimacy cannot be sustained, they get a slap on the wrist. You remember the Detroit vigilante, Tigh Croff. He got 2 years for cold-blooded murder.
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