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Originally Posted by JMintzer
And if they're right, that person may be the person who hesitated...
By the time you've finished with those mental gymnastics, you're "laying on the floor, bleeding out"...
I believe there should be an actual, credible threat to someone's life before using deadly force. Not just the belief that he may have been reaching for a gun but actually seeing the gun. If you're going to shoot someone then you better be right - in this case the permit carrier was not right. He may not be criminally liable or charged but his rational thought was incorrect.
Fortunately, the law is based on "what a reasonable person would think"...
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There was no gun on the man who was shot. And the shooter could have pulled his gun, aimed it and told the man to drop whatever he was actually reaching for. Probably he was reaching for a cell phone.