A single punch to the head has killed many people, especially elderly, children and people with disabilities and chronic diseases.
You never can tell until it happens.
ALSO, who’s to say she’d only be punched once?
The gunfire stopped the threat.
10 rounds sounds excessive, but it only takes a few seconds to empty a pistol’s magazine. Cops do this all the time.
Scott Adams has pointed out that brain damage can kill a person without killing them - by destroying the pre-punch individual's mental processes.
It’s not unreasonable to assume that someone punching you in the head after a verbal altercation after he’s been caught in a criminal act, might win the fight and obtain your firearm.
As to the ten shots, a lot would depend on timing. Ten rapid shots are different than one, long pause, then nine.
The statement about the decision can also be read a couple ways depending on context. Best to clam up until you lawyer is there, but it’s no confession at all.
Might be righteous, might be murder, can’t tell from the story and I think a jury might be pretty sympathetic to the armed clerk at this point in time.
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