[napscoordinator]

Not once the person leaves the store. Same with a home. You can shoot a thief in your home, but once the threat is over, you can’t.

[Bookshelf]

[Antioch] city’s black population has jumped from less than 2 percent 20 years ago to more than 17 percent, while Latinos now represent about a third of Antioch’s residents.

[Theoria]

That depends on the state. In Texas you can blast away under such conditions if they are stealing a large amount or say a horse. Blast away too for your neighbors stuff as well.

[BlackbirdSST]

...but once the threat is over...

The threat is here to stay, it is never going to be over.

[subterfuge]

That may be true but it’s wrong. What happened to fearing for one’s life? There is still a the threat of the robbers returning and finishing you off. The dead guy’s mistake was shooting too late.