My question is whether it would be a crime to pop one of those knockout Yahoos as they were running away from their latest victim? I would think that such a shooting would be permissible if done as a protective measure to keep the perpetrator from committing such a terrorist act on any more people.
Any thoughts?
We don't get any of this crap in my town, not yet. It will happen once or twice eventually as the local bravos try to get in on the fad but will end badly for the yutes involved and will not continue.
It’s an easy call legally, no, once running away you couldn’t shoot them. Not unless they were waving bloody axes etc. Morally, I’d say gun them down like rabid wild dogs running in a pack.
“He was running at the next old lady on the sidewalk like he was going to pop her, as well!”
Ya. Very bad idea. You can only use deadly force to defend yourself or others during the commission of a crime. If you pop the punk while he is running away, you will find yourself in prison.