Every bullet comes with a lawyer attached. Memphis Tenant Shoots Masked Burglar Caught Hauling His TV Out the Door - USA Carry
He interrupted a burglary. The burglar reached into a bag, suggesting he was armed. That is grounds for defense.
One detail worth noting for anyone who carries. The tenant fired twice when the suspect reached into the bag, then twice more as the man ran. Self-defense protects you against an imminent threat, and that protection is strongest in the first exchange. Once a threat turns and flees, the legal ground shifts fast. We do not have every detail here, and prosecutors will weigh all of it, but it is a useful reminder that the justification can end the moment the danger does.
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Self-defense is a human right. That doesn't mean you can shoot anyone over anything.
One must ponder the dilemma of knowing - and the action! - of when to stop shooting.
ReplyDeleteIn this case the action is to stop. Think of it as a negative response. And that response may swiftly follow on the heels of a positive response which is to start shooting because of a perceived imminent threat.
Jacked on adrenaline it must be a great psychological battle within the shooter to counter the command to continue that initial response.
It is as if a shooter must have already told himself to be primed to stop even while taking action to start. One is literally at war with that fight or flight nature.
In learning, there is the Law of Primacy. Under stress one is apt to return to that which was first learned. Repeated practice is often insufficient to override that first learned action.