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I was referring to you comment "hold thieves at gun point until the police arrived ".
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I only referred to that in the context of a firearm being used, but without the use of any force, merely the threat of it.
Look, I get that embroiling oneself in a situation is fraught with ramifications and with the benefit of all angles offered and the time to debate the issue it is easy to see how many ways it could go wrong for the would-be good Samaritan, but when a man's life ostensibly hangs in the balance, there will either be the option to act, or do nothing be it sit back and watch with a pack of Doritos in hand, or making for the door or trying to be a good witness.
And I think that what sticks with most people on here is that such violence can be done to someone and, having chosen the responsibility of carrying a firearm, then not being able to use it as intended: to end a threat.
The fact is that if that person had been a relative or friend anyone would have acted way faster even without knowing all the details of the event.
Well, that guy on the floor, convulsing, is (thankfully not "was") someone's relative and probably someone's friend too.
That is the only point I'm trying to make and the truth is I have no idea how I'd react....
Cold analysis is in way shorter supply than one's sense of right and wrong in those situations.
My 2€¢