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> In your scenario, you already called 911, what's the point of brandishing the weapon if you're not prepared to shoot someone for possibly stealing a car? It'
by LyndsySimon 9y ago
> In your scenario, you already called 911, what's the point of brandishing the weapon if you're not prepared to shoot someone for possibly stealing a car?
It's not unreasonable to expect that someone willing to steal a car might also be willing to harm you to do so.
- geofft 9y agoIn a country where gun ownership for private citizens is difficult in practice, that's somewhat unreasonable to expect. Also, if someone feels like the expected penalties for stealing a car and wounding/killing someone are close enough that they should be prepared to kill someone while stealing the car if needed, that speaks to a failure of the justice system: either the penalty for causing physical harm should be much higher, or the penalty for stealing a car should be much lower.