stumbled on a website called gunssavelives.net which purpose is to provide a repository, among other things, of real stories of guns used in self defense. But a particular article stood out, short story: single mom grabs her gun and runs outside to stop someone from stealing her vehicle. When the suspect does not comply she empties the gun into the drivers side door.
http://gunssavelives.net/self-defens...teal-her-jeep/
According to the source article no charges filed.
http://www.wtvm.com/story/26124805/m...-steal-her-car
My question is, how is it possible she could be allowed to use lethal force to stop a vehicle theft if she was not in jeopardy? Neither article is clear if the suspect was attempting to run over the victim, however I'm going on a limb here that if she can empty her gun into the drivers door she wasn't in a position to be ran over!
I should note that I understand that media and blog reporting is not always accurate so for the purpose of my question I'm taking the referenced articles alone at face value but if someone knows more to the story please share.