Give him a medal. He put one in Hades and three in prison.
What was the alternative: let them go and they would never be caught, or caught after a two dozen robberies and lightly sentenced for the one they were caught for. That is the typical story across this country, deny it all you want.
In the “humane” philosophy of the day, such as, presumably, yours, for all you can protest, is to NOT defend oneself during a robbery, which policy has caught on, and has made an armed robbery, like a burglary, a safe crime to commit, a sure bet.
If the pharmacist overreacted, then so what, he was under stress as are most of our armed personnel in Iraq and Afghanistan, that is the nature of the game, there or on the streets of this nation. The Taliban are no better or worse than the ghetto barbarians like your favorite victim Antwon.
Well, it’s real simple ... it’s against the law in Oklahoma, and that’s why he was convicted by a jury of his peers in Oklahoma.
Anyone who has a concealed weapons permit, here in Oklahoma, knows that, as they cover the law about shootings, in the training. So, this isn’t a question for those who have gone through the training here in Oklahoma.
We are very law-abiding in Oklahoma, besides being very strong on self-defense. We don’t like robbers and we don’t like murderers ... either one.