He died doing what he loved the most - getting into pointless arguments with heavily armed strangers.
My vote, BTW, is for murder. He did not pose a lethal thread to the driver. You can’t shoot just because you feel threatened. You can only shoot if you’re life is at stake.
I’m getting ready for the “well, in Vietnam we would have called in an air strike and blah blah blah” response in my best Jeff Bridges voice.
> You can’t shoot just because you feel threatened. You can only shoot if you’re life is at stake. <
Many lessons can be taken from this incident. What you said above should be one of them.
I have great sympathy for a citizen who has to make a split-second call. But if you shoot and a jury disagrees with that, you’re in for a world of hurt. But of course you’re also in a world of hurt you don’t shoot when you really should have.
A karate master of my acquaintance once said that the best defensive move of all was “not to be there”. In other words, take every opportunity to avoid when you can.