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I think there is one thing that more than a few people are forgetting here....We are NOT Judge, Jury, and Executioner. We sit here and talk about how unfairly we are treated sometimes by LEOs for lawfully carrying handguns, lest we forget that carrying that gun weighs a HUGE responsibility. I'll agree that the initial shooting is justified, and I will also agree that none of us can see in the video footage what the BG was doing when the man walked back to him and shot him 5 more times! If the BG did have a gun and aiming it at him, then yes by all means it is also justified. If not, he will be hard pressed to prove he was still being threatened.
Please remember....IF you ever have to shoot....you shoot to STOP the immediate threat! No more than that! Anymore than that is vigilante, that we are not. If the BG is no longer a threat to you or anyone else around you, you would not be justified in shooting him again.
As far as weak judges, savvy lawyers, and jurys not having much choice as far as the laws being what they are, I agree 100%. We need hard-nosed judges that will uphold the laws and not be so leiniant, more severe punishment for crimes commited....period, and change the laws so jurys can make the right moral and well as legal judgements. Lets not forget Law Enforcement, lets help them when possible, and make sure they are getting the job done right, so the BGs don't get off or get their sentence reduced because of a "technicality".
We have all seen too many times when LE has taken things too far, over-reacted, and taken the law into their own hands. At the same time WE cannot expect them to hold high standards if we don't ourselves.