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Originally Posted by Jefe
They were running away, no one was in danger at that point. He could have just let them run.
No, you are in fact being given the right to act as as judge, jury and executioner. Note the bolded part - if you think it's necessary. You're acting as the judge, and you're making the decision that their punishment shall be death.
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Not really. You are simply doing your best to stop them from getting away with stolen property. If they dropped all of the property and ran away immediately, then it would be a different matter, and the guy would not be allowed to shoot them. A judge acts like this: punishes them after the crime is committed, regardless of whether or not said punishment stops the crime in question. Others act like this: do all in their power to stop criminals, but cannot punish them once the crime is not longer being committed.
Using your logic, the North Hollywood bank robber, Matasareanu, should not have been shot and killed because he never committed a crime that would allow for execution. Thus, that the cops who shot and killed him should be in jail.
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If someone is breaking in to your house, ok, I have no problem shooting them, especially if you feel your life is threatened & you gave them warning. Actually, scratch that - even if you don't particularly feel threatened, they're trying to break into you home, they deserve to be shot, imo.
However, shooting someone in the back, after the fact, while they're running away... how is your life threatened at that point? It's not. That leaves the property that they're running away with. Is it worth taking someone's life over stolen property? At that point, it's just anger and revenge.
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It's really not about worth, since worth is subjective. If two low-lives broke into my home and tried to steal my $230 old TV set, that TV set would still be worth more to me than the lives of those assholes. Should people be allowed to shoot others in self-defense? Yes. In defense of property? I don't know. In an attempt to stop someone from drinking a beer when they are only 20? Definitely not.