[DannyTN]

"Some liberal jerk will say the clerk over-reacted; that the perp was running away and posed no threat .... watch .... "

I don't consider myself a liberal jerk. But I think shooting a kid over a purse, is pushing it.

I certainly wouldn't want to send a kid who's most likely unprepared to meet his Maker, knowing that will condemn him to Hell for all time, over the contents of a purse.

All kinds of questions are raised. Did the store have a security camera. Could the kid not have been tracked down and arrested without shooting him? Was there sufficient warning to stop before potentially lethal force was applied. etc.

There is a right way and a wrong way to use force to bring criminals to justice. This might not have been the right way.

[GovernmentShrinker]

A teenage thug mugging an elderly woman for her purse can very easily cause her to fall and sustain a broken hip or head injury that will end her independent life, and lead to her premature death. I'd much rather the kid get shot. The more of these kids that get shot doing this stuff, the fewer of their frineds will decide it's a good thing to try.

[basil]

Well, if I had been that Granny, and the kid stole my purse, he would then have had a gun.

You never know what people may have in their purses. I'm all for shooting any purse snatcher!

[Lurker]

The only thing wrong is that the clerk didn't drop this sack of sh** in his tracks.

Punks who prey on elderly women deserve a speedy dispatch straight to Hell.

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[William Tell]

DannyTN said: "All kinds of questions are raised."

Yes. Including, "Who will pay this old woman's rent after a robber makes off with her money?" Who will feed her pets? Who will watch after her home and pay her medical bills if she was injured during the snatching of her purse?

Obviously, this robber chose his victim because he expected that he could physically overpower her to the extent necessary to steal her money. If the old woman had been armed, then she could have overpowered the robber. BUT ONLY BY SHOOTING OR CREATING A CREDIBLE THREAT THAT SHE WOULD SHOOT.

[bvw]

When a 15-year old knocks a 70+ year old grandmother down -- just that fall is life-endangering. A broken hip is a major accident at that age.

[zip]

But I think shooting a kid over a purse, is pushing it.

I guarantee you that when/if you get robbed, you will wish you had a gun to kill the sob. You feel violated. I could have shot him but would have been mid torso then head.

[courageofwashington]

Thanks for your voices of reason. Some of these "kill without thinking" types are pretty scary.

I'm just a conservative, pro-gun, pro-death penalty (for murderers) guy who will probably get banned for thinking that a 15-year-old kid who steals a purse deserves jail, not death.