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Old May 26, 2009, 11:54 PM   #101
R1145
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I agree it's wrong to shoot if the threat has ceased...

...but it can be hard to know when that has occurred. Knowing only the few facts in the news stories, it seems to me that the pharmacist will be found to have been justified in using lethal force against the robber. The subsequent civil case will be more problematic, but I think the pharmacist will be found to have engaged in reasonable self-defense.
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