03Lightningrocks wrote: Before reading this story my first thought would be to stop the carnage. Seeing a non uniformed person standing alone in a parking lot firing at a fleeing car would have caused me to react in a pretty lethal way. Since I can't imagine any sane person firing shots at someone fleeing in a car, yep...it could get dicey. If the person doing the firing stopped firing before I got to him, I would do more of an observation type approach. Now if the person doing the firing was a uniformed officer of the law, I would probably try to stop the fleeing car with my truck.
Now for the what if back to others. What would you do? I am genuine in my desire to know what others would do. Especially since you just mentioned I might get indicted for stopping what I perceive as an attempted murder in progress.
Initial disclaimer...This is my opinion only. Nothing more, nothing less.
I have a CHL to protect my life, and the lives of the ones I love. Period. That is all. The CHL does not make me Batman, citizen crime-fighter. Period. It is the job of the police to protect the lives of those who don't feel it necessary to protect their own. Period. If I wanted to stop attempted murders, or what I *perceived* to be "attempted murders" (and this is a very important distinction) I would become a police officer, not a CHL holder. Period.