Keyser Soze
Member
I just read this article and it got my hackles up.
http://www.sltrib.com/utah/ci_3384298
While the first guys judgement may not have been the best if in fact the bad guy had a gun, the second guy sounds like it was justified based on the minimal information in the article.
The local agency spouts the whole PC don't take the law into you own hands if you witness a crime occuring in public. They do however imply that you should take care of business if someone enters your home and threatens your loved ones.
We all have a responsibility to take action when a crime occurs. If we expect things to get better we can't sit idle when our friends and neighboors are being victimized. I always thought the statement "take the law into your own hands" meant by-passing the criminal justice system after the crime had occurred ie: revenge/vigilante. I never thought it to mean let the crooks do what they want and eventually they will be caught and brought to justice.
Even an angry mob of citizens zeroing the cops in by cell phone would make the mopes think twice.
Kudos, to these folks stepping up to the plate. Don't make it easy for these goblins. I bet both of them never figured on the victims or witnesses fighting back.
KS
http://www.sltrib.com/utah/ci_3384298
While the first guys judgement may not have been the best if in fact the bad guy had a gun, the second guy sounds like it was justified based on the minimal information in the article.
The local agency spouts the whole PC don't take the law into you own hands if you witness a crime occuring in public. They do however imply that you should take care of business if someone enters your home and threatens your loved ones.
We all have a responsibility to take action when a crime occurs. If we expect things to get better we can't sit idle when our friends and neighboors are being victimized. I always thought the statement "take the law into your own hands" meant by-passing the criminal justice system after the crime had occurred ie: revenge/vigilante. I never thought it to mean let the crooks do what they want and eventually they will be caught and brought to justice.
Even an angry mob of citizens zeroing the cops in by cell phone would make the mopes think twice.
Kudos, to these folks stepping up to the plate. Don't make it easy for these goblins. I bet both of them never figured on the victims or witnesses fighting back.
KS