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Originally Posted by stinkeypete
A civilians traveling Significant distance to defend others... that’s a vigilante, and although it’s glorified in the movies and comic books, it’s criminal. Throughout history, vigilantes have committed crimes and violated the civil rights of others. A country with laws prosecutes them.
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Irrespective of travel distance, how is a civilian defending another civilian criminal? The laws that address when a "civilian" can employ deadly force in defense of a third party do not -- insofar as I know -- impose any restrictions on where the defender can come from or how far he/she is allowed to travel.
Defending an innocent third party is a very different matter (IMHO) than joining a lynch mob. It's the lynch mob history that has given vigilantes a bad name, but the Kenosha incident hardly fits that general category.