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Would your willingness to hold and/or shoot change if you caught the BG assaulting your wife or kids upon returning home? Would you be just as happy to let them run away then?
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Obviously, if they are in the middle of an act where deadly force must be immediately used to stop that act, then shoot them.
If you walk into you house and find him unplugging your stereo, you point your gun at him and he merely raises his hands and starts walking to the door, you gonna shoot him?
In the State of Florida, a sworn officer can use deadly force to stop a fleeing felon, even one unarmed under certain conditions. I'm not sure that also applies to civilians.
Main point is that you use your gun to stop an immediate threat. If the guy is running away, he is no longer an immediate threat and you have no legal right to shoot him. An attempt on your part to detain him may result in your arrest for armed kidnapping.
Don't try to be a hero. Be a good witness for the police and go home alive. Do exactly what BILLCA recommended above.
If you want to detain BGs at gunpoint, join the police force.