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To: coloradan
Do you think a citizen, who saw a car roll SLOWLY towards him, could shoot to kill the driver and expect to be cleared of wrongdoing, because a slowly moving car is a deadly threat that merits deadly force?

I suppose it depends on how long the citizen was chasing the driver.

41 posted on 02/25/2004 9:15:58 AM PST by 1rudeboy
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To: 1rudeboy
Do you think a citizen, who saw a car roll SLOWLY towards him, could shoot to kill the driver and expect to be cleared of wrongdoing, because a slowly moving car is a deadly threat that merits deadly force?

No. But neither could a citizen chase someone in a high-speed pursuit.

And if the citizen had just taken down someone who had tied someone up, and robbed them ... I sure wouldn't convict them.

47 posted on 02/25/2004 9:44:32 AM PST by Stu Cohen
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