Lee Lapin, I know that guns are not death rays. However, the number of people that get shot in the head with a reasonable caliber and don't die are pretty small. I'd worry more about pulling the trigger and getting a clicking sound instead of a bang.
I'd still like to see incidences where someone got shot in the head and continued to commit or commenced with violence against others, excluding small calibers like .22 and .25.
As for those lecture notes you posted, I see them as a bit inapplicable to this situation. You may have the chance to evade, but you do not have the chance to remove everybody from danger's path without dropping the assailant. Furthermore, it's a discussion of general legal principles, but differing states have differing laws. For example, as I posted before, some states may give you the legal right to use lethal force simply to prevent the commission of a felony, (although I'm not advocating gunning people down because they are about to forge a doctor's note) while other states may require retreat even in the face of lethal danger, if at all safely possible. The laws are too varied to make any general statements about when it is legally acceptable to kill someone, except in cases that are sufficiently extreme so as to become acceptable by the laws of all states.
I'd still like to see incidences where someone got shot in the head and continued to commit or commenced with violence against others, excluding small calibers like .22 and .25.
As for those lecture notes you posted, I see them as a bit inapplicable to this situation. You may have the chance to evade, but you do not have the chance to remove everybody from danger's path without dropping the assailant. Furthermore, it's a discussion of general legal principles, but differing states have differing laws. For example, as I posted before, some states may give you the legal right to use lethal force simply to prevent the commission of a felony, (although I'm not advocating gunning people down because they are about to forge a doctor's note) while other states may require retreat even in the face of lethal danger, if at all safely possible. The laws are too varied to make any general statements about when it is legally acceptable to kill someone, except in cases that are sufficiently extreme so as to become acceptable by the laws of all states.