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donb@netcom.com (Don Baldwin) writes:
>In the incident I described, which occured in Anniston, Alabama, the
>robbers were herding the customers of the restaurant into a freezer.
>The guy who shot the robbers had been hiding under a table; one of the
>robbers made a sweep through the restaurant and discovered him there.
>At that point, he shot that robber and, when the other robbers shot at
>him, he fired back.

	Sounds clueful. I have no problem at all with such behavior.

	One of the reasons I'm a little nervous about folks "helping
out" with their guns is because the media often portrays some pretty
ridiculous gun-scenarios. People who do not understand how these
things really work might actually think that they should just whip
out a gun and start meting out justice.

>In my opinion, the customer who shot the robbers acted with real morality.
>On the other hand, if the crooks had started executing people, those
>victims would've died for nothing.

	I agree. He did the right thing. If the crooks had started
executing people, IMHO, he would have been perfectly justified to
shoot them in the back, if he was willing to risk his life. He was
and would have been a hero in any case.

>Maybe you feel that way; I do not.  A crook who steals food to feed his
>kids is one thing.  One who threatens ANYONE innocent with grave physical
>harm should, IMO, be stopped by any means necessary.  I would rather live
>someplace where that approach was taken than in a place that was overly
>worried about the longevity of violent criminals.

	Oh, I agree with you!!! But I'd rather not have my fellow
citizens have to do the work if at all possible! It'd be much better if
they just hung back, called the police, tracked the guy down, and,
if he didn't come out peacefully, blow his ass away with a Barrett
Light .50, not risking any innocent bystanders, and hopefully saving
us all the cost of trial and imprisonment.

	I believe our only disagreement is the degree to which the
citizen should (or should have to) be involved. Again, I believe that
justice-meting is a job for skilled professionals, not you & me unless
there's NO other option. [Again, I will refrain from weakening my
own argument by pointing out that a lot of our "skilled professionals"
seem to be idiots.]

mjr.