So what's wrong with using a gun to protect property

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The radio said the shootout happened at the fireworks stand and there were 2 perps. They fled to a pickup. One was later found, 15yo, in the pickup dead and they were still looking for #2.
 

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So your rational is that if "a cop surrounded by 2 other officers, can be scared for her life and is allowed to kill an unarmed man, strictly out of fear for what might happen" then that should also be allowable for anyone, but the truth is that anything can happen if a suspect is 'cornered' and therefore liable to do anything to escape ('fight or flight' response).
Shooting a fleeing suspect in the back is little more than murder (or attempted murder) being that the shooters life, unlike the cop cited above, is most likely no longer in immediate danger considering that the suspect has chosen flight over fight.
My "rationale" is that if a cop can be "afraid for her life" by the thought of a nonexistent weapon and be acquitted in court, then a business owner who's just been robbed, exchanged gunfire, and is clinging to the back of a truck while the thief speeds away, is entitled to the same "afraid for his life" defense.
 
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My "rationale" is that if a cop can be "afraid for her life" by the thought of a nonexistent weapon, then a business owner who's just been robbed, exchanged gunfire, and is clinging to the back of a truck while the thief speeds away, is entitled to the same "afraid for his life" defense.
The fact that he jumped in the truck says he was not afraid of anything...or just stupid
 

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