Ideally, yes. America would do well to set the legal clock back about 200 years. Complete with pillorys in the town square for just such occasions. I think we’d see the ‘grieving parents’ and lawyers alike reevaluate the burning need for ‘justice’.
This is supposed to be a constitutional republic, ruled by law. If something is against the law, then their is a penalty for doing it. Laws aren’t just for me, they are for this guy too. Some leftist Bloomberg employee does not get to attack honest business for political purposes.
If this guy wanted to go into court and kill Mr. Joker wannabe could he? If he wanted to go into some random sporting goods store and rob it at gunpoint could he? No. It’s called rule of law.