If I witnessed random killing (e.g. school shooting) and shot the perpetrator with my gun, would I go to jail?
Given clear and eminent danger to others (but not to myself), can I still shoot to kill to save lives?
JustJoe: This is a serious question. There is nothing bobby like about shooting a person.
delive_r, please read the question carefully. I wrote brought, not bought. You assumed that I was going to buy a gun near my house and have it be a water gun. I see no logic in that either.
To answer you question as to why I would bear arms if I already called the cops, is because I live right front of a school. I can see the playground from my living room, whereas the police station is about 15 minutes away driving. A lot can happen in 15 minutes in a playground full of children if a mad man is there to kill with loaded guns.
frickade - It was just a thought that came across my mind when I was reading about all the recent random shootings. I wondered to myself what I would do If I saw a man randomly shooting at children from my living room. (I can see the school from my home). I thought I wouldn’t hesitate to shoot the killer if he was murdering innocent children / people, but thought I would probably go to jail. Wanted to hear from people that new more about law.
You’re right. Never thought about patrol cars though.
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