Re: Man kills 2 People While 911 Is Telling Him Not To
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All,
I don't think some people are considering that "I am going to go and stop them by threatening them with my shotgun" is NOT (edit, sorry) the same thing as "I am going to go outside and kill those guys." He could easily have been just planning to detain them, and was prepared to shoot them if they did something nutty like rushing him.
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No, they aren't quite the same thing. But isn't detaining people with armed force like that illegal in a lot of states, too? We can debate whether or not it should be, and that might be an interesting subject. I think it's probably not a good idea to make that generally accepted practice because it is a very small step from there to situations like this one.
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