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Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby
The robber didn't actually ever physically harm anyone. The shooter killed someone. If the robber had been disarmed, alive, he would not have been executed for the crime of robbery. The crime of robbery doesn't come with a death sentence. The shooter took the law into his own hands, and executed someone who deserved jail time - not death.
Vigilante justice only encourages people to be violent, it doesn't solve crime. It IS a crime. You don't fight fire with an atom bomb, you don't fight robbery with death.
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Vigilantism is American as Ma, Apple Pie and The Flag. Americans have historically taken the law into their own hands if the authorities prove unable, or unwilling, to uphold it.
If there is one thing that recent history has taught us, it is that criminals will see the system bend over backwards to protect THEIR "rights" in years-long processes at the cost to Joe Taxpayer of an inordinate amount of money. The system cannot stop crimes in progress for the most part, and penalize them afterwards in ways that appear to be more a slap on the wrist than anything--felonies plea-bargained away so that the perp either walks free immediately or after a VERY short time as a guest of the government. This obviously is NOT a deterrent; in fact it may be a CAUSE of such crimes, with the criminal knowing that even if he is caught, he's going to pay very little, if anything at all, in penalty.
The reason you will see so many Average Joes standing up and applauding this guy is because the Average Joes have had enough.