"Robbers pick wrong target"--Memphis, TN

[Buck Snort]

The big question is did the robber shoot before the victim or did the victim shoot first and the robber was protecting himself?
I know yall think that robbery of property is justification for murder, but I don't think so.

WRONG!!! The BIG question is, "Did he reasonably fear loss of life or suffering great bodily harm?" If so he was justified in opening fire. If not, its a wash as far as I'm concerned.

 

[Kentucky_Rifleman]

The BIG question is, "Did he reasonably fear loss of life or suffering great bodily harm?"

I would say he had "reasonable fear for his life."

The D.A. was quoted in the article as saying they were not going to pursue any prosecution against the homeowner, as the shooting seemed justified.

I don't know about Tennessee, so please correct me if my assumption is wrong, but here in Kentucky if the shooting is at all questionable, the D.A. will usually present it to a Grand Jury. This actually helps the homeowner, because when the Grand Jury "no-bills" the case, it's closed. It then becomes much harder for survivors/families to sue the homeowner.

I don't know if Tennessee has the "no lawsuit" addendum to their castle doctrine or not, but every state should have one.

KR

 

[Deltaboy1984]

Those who are rebellious will suddenly be destroyed. The Book of Proverbs the Delta translation.

 

[FourteenMiles]

From where I stand it looks like they chose the right target.

 

[The Lone Haranguer]

Two would-be robbers forgot to ask their victim a key question:

Do you have a gun and know how to use it?

The 21-year-old Bartlett man's answer might have prevented the two 16-year-olds from being shot.

To that, I would say if you have to shoot, shoot, don't talk. And very often, the younger serpent has the stronger venom.

I am unsure how to take the tone of the above snippet, considering this newspaper has in the past published names of HCP holders.

 

[Guillermo]

I don't care who brandished what, when. The results are clear

one dead bad guy, one wounded bad guy.

Good guy is fine

And he shot extremely well under pressure

 

[ArfinGreebly]

Sigh

Guys, don't feed the trolls.

I was going to clean up the thread, but it has too many posts responding to a trolling question.

Rather than hack it up, and since I don't have the time to babysit this thread, I'll just close it.

Yes, the post was either ill-informed or deliberately provocative. That's what the "report post" button is for.

If someone obtains more actual detail on this incident (like a follow-up story), please feel free to open a new thread.

(And don't get sucked in to responding to trolling.)