Permit holder shoots robber in Mineapolis

Here is a link to the news story.

http://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2011/10/21/police-%E2%80%98good-samaritan%E2%80%99-shoots-kills-alleged-robber/

If the story is complete and accurate, the permit holder may be in for some trouble....

It is usually a bad idea to chase and shoot a thug, no matter how despicable his actions. I can't honestly say that I feel sorry for anyone who gets shot after pistol whipping an old lady though.

The Hennepin county will say he is a vigilante and the puke was trying to defend himself. If Mr. Permit holder was chasing the gobblin with his gun drawn, the BG could have been in fear for his life and been justified in pointing his gun at him. I am not sure if you have the right to defend yourself in the commission of a crime here in MN. I suppose Mr. Permit holder's defense could say he was attempting a citizens arrest to end an immediate threat to the public also.

It's all a slippery slope. We will just need to let the great legal minds sort it out. I guess the moral of the story is not to shoot someone if it's not worth a jail sentence. It's sad, but true.

Giving chase when you know someone is armed is a bad for your freedom....

As far as I'm concerned, if you use a firearm in the commission of a crime, you should understand that you may be shot. If you use a firearm to commit a crime, logic would dictate that you plan to use it. If you plan on using a firearm on someone else, you would expect that they would use a firearm to defend them self.

If you touch a stove, you expect to get burned. If you wave a gun around in a robbery, you expect to be shot.

Bad guy took his life into his own hands and lost it. It's bad guy's fault and he got what he deserved. I think law makers over think things. If the hoodlum is attacking society with a gun, why should it matter what member of society shoots him.

No, I do not think that anyone should chase and shoot someone in the back. I do not think that I would have risked my life and freedom if the victim was no longer in danger. Purses and billfolds are not worth human lives. I will leave the running and tackling of armed criminals to the police who wear body armor. They have radios that can get them help on short notice and lawyers to get them off the hook after the fact.