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As I recall, Jeff Cooper outlined the difference between "shooting to kill" and "shooting to stop" quite well. He said, essentially, that lethal force is justified when a persons behavior is such "that it does not matter, legally or morally, if he dies from being stopped." Many years before Tennesse v. Garner defined the use of (lethal) force for police throughout the country the FBI standard was in the defense of your life or that of another, which I personally decided I would adopt even though in my state it was legal, in 1976, to shoot people for committing burglary and several other "forcible felonies", and I knew officers who did just that.
Everyone has an opinion, which is good. Not everyone has sense to go with their opinion, which is life.
Everyone has an opinion, which is good. Not everyone has sense to go with their opinion, which is life.
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