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Originally Posted by TomkinsSP
...many places including where I currently live (but maybe NOT where you live) permit the use of deadly force to stop ONGOING FELONIOUS criminal acts.
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Even here in CA we have a law that plainly states that use of deadly force is justifiable if preventing a felony. However, the interpretation of that law while you're standing in front of a judge, with 12 of your most distant friends sitting nearby, will not be by the letter of the law. The interpretation will be taken in the most strict way possible.
Stealing a $1,500 TV is a felony here. If you shoot someone while they are committing that felony, you're going to prison for murder or attempted murder. The thief, if he lives, will get out of prison before you do.
Whether or not I'm a lawyer is irrelevant.