I was a victim and it was my own fault.

[jdraupp]

Originally Posted by pierre shags

Let’s imagine you did have a gun handy and chased him, but he was faster and getting away, so you shot him at 30 feet and killed him.

What would the law be? He wasn’t presenting a threat. You shot him in the back for a laptop.

I think the idea here is if the gun was handy, the full Metal Jacket would do the chasing, he wouldnt have to go after him. If you shoot someone in the back running away from you outside your home that is murder unless you can articulate that you were in fear for your life in that scenario. Hard sell. If you shoot someone who is burglarizing your home, that is called home defense. Of course the media usually only cares if there's a race issue to push.