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Okay...looking at it from the 'citizen filter' once you have shot the perp you have already committed.
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Some may argue that good judgment regarding use of force does require the application of force, method of force and [duration] of force to be properly measured. That may require a person to STOP what they are doing. Ask the pharmacist who was recently arrested for the actions he took to stop a robber. He was certainly committed... and it may cost him.
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It is even more your responsibility to make certain no one else is harmed. She was not acting only in 'self defense'. She was also protecting others.
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by what standard is it my responsibility to do anything more than what I desire to do after putting him down and taking his weapon? If someone wanted to suggest that stopping him, putting him down and taking his weapon created MORE of a hazard, I think that would be a very difficult argument to make. Can you reference an example of a citizen having to legal responsibility to capture someone in a similar circumstance?
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I think she did everything right. But that's only my opinion and I'm enjoying reading the opinions of others such as yourself.
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As I said in my very first post, I think she did just fine and she is a hero. That said, there can always be things to learn from critical examination of each moment as is unfolded.