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Gun Control & RKBA

Buzz cook

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23. And how threatening?

Reply to Dial H For Hero (Reply #19)

Sun Mar 27, 2022, 11:21 PM

Mar 2022

Are there levels of threat?

What standard do we use?

Does the shop keeper have a responsibility to not use excessive force.

Does the shop keeper have a duty to retreat?

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Would-be robber shot dead inside Philadelphia dollar store: Police [View all] Dial H For Hero Mar 2022 OP

Seems a bit excessive Buzz cook Mar 2022 #1

Would it have been less excessive had he been robbing a Neiman Marcus? Dial H For Hero Mar 2022 #4

How frequently are people killed by armed robbers? Buzz cook Mar 2022 #16

I'm not sure of the likelihood of a "typical" robber injuring or killing their victim(s). Dial H For Hero Mar 2022 #17

And if the robber were Buzz cook Mar 2022 #18

Once he is no longer a threat, the judicial process takes over. Dial H For Hero Mar 2022 #19

And how threatening? Buzz cook Mar 2022 #23

Jurisdictions may vary in the answer to these questions. Lucid Dreamer Mar 2022 #24

Well that's an easy fix DashOneBravo Mar 2022 #7

Isn't that what the robber was there with a gun to threaten to do? LiberatedUSA Mar 2022 #10

As the kids now say bottomofthehill Mar 2022 #2

As of yesterday . . . AndyS Mar 2022 #3

I infer those are year to date numbers. discntnt_irny_srcsm Mar 2022 #5

I'd say something that can be verified. Otherwise it's just opinion and opinions are AndyS Mar 2022 #6

Hell, I had a Defensive Crossbow Use The Mouth Mar 2022 #8

I'd have to agree but... discntnt_irny_srcsm Mar 2022 #9

The Gun Violence Archive uses AndyS Mar 2022 #11

re: "...what else is there?" discntnt_irny_srcsm Mar 2022 #12

"What else" referrs to what to base AndyS Mar 2022 #13

Yes, I know that "what else" referred to. discntnt_irny_srcsm Mar 2022 #14

I'm sorry, I can't let this go. AndyS Mar 2022 #15

Replies discntnt_irny_srcsm Mar 2022 #20

I give up. AndyS Mar 2022 #21

Can we just agree that... discntnt_irny_srcsm Mar 2022 #22

Question... yagotme Mar 2022 #25

Self defense has always been legal in the home and out of it. AndyS Mar 2022 #26

Barely got past your first line. yagotme Mar 2022 #27