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To: flamberge

If the people of Missouri (or any other State) want to elect representatives who make it legal for citizens to shoot a fleeing felon in the back, they are of course free to do so.


77 posted on 01/19/2023 5:36:10 PM PST by thefactor
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To: thefactor
Police can and do shoot fleeing felons in the back. Happens in Kansas City every year or so. Of course, the felons are usually armed (or the police believe they are armed) when that happens.

I can see practical difficulties extending that policy to allow common citizens to do the same, but they are solvable problems.

In my area, we have DAs who refuse to prosecute car thieves because of "disparate impact" on minority communities. It should not surprise anyone that we now have the highest rate of vehicle thefts in the country. And the thieves are getting increasingly brazen and increasingly violent. Something has to give here.

I am sympathetic to the man who chased down the car thief and killed him. We will see a lot more of that in the future if DAs keep letting thieves go without prison sentences. And we will increasingly see "not guilty" verdicts when the DA is foolish enough to prosecute theft and robbery victims who retaliate against the perpetrators.

It isn't a good idea if we want "Rule of Law".

92 posted on 01/19/2023 6:01:06 PM PST by flamberge (Caveat Emptor)
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