Redbug
Veteran Member
I have a concealed carry permit. I sometimes play different scenerios in my head. It's good to do that.
Let me just throw this one out from a different angle...
Supposing McLean did shoot the robber. Would you think it would be murder since McLean left the premises and then came back in with a gun, (and shot the robber). He had a chance to escape but returned with the premeditated plan to kill the robber. I think if you have a reasonable escape option, deadly force cannot be used. If McLean already had the gun on him when the robbery happened and shot the guy, then that's a horse of a different color.
That's an angle the dead robber's lawyers will use.
Let me just throw this one out from a different angle...
Supposing McLean did shoot the robber. Would you think it would be murder since McLean left the premises and then came back in with a gun, (and shot the robber). He had a chance to escape but returned with the premeditated plan to kill the robber. I think if you have a reasonable escape option, deadly force cannot be used. If McLean already had the gun on him when the robbery happened and shot the guy, then that's a horse of a different color.
That's an angle the dead robber's lawyers will use.