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**Nundduedola** · 08-28-2012, 10:51 PM

This is New York, not Florida. Here, you can only shoot someone if they are presenting a current immediate threat to life. You also have a duty to retreat from the conflict if at all possible (this is different in FL.) Even if you witness a crime, you can't chase down the perp and shoot them (I don't think you can do that in FL either.)

Sounds like George Zimmerman.

Oh really?

So it's not possible that an armed civilian might have witnessed the shooting from the distance, saw the perp walking away, and decided to chase after him? After all, he's armed. So the cops arrive and are confronted by two civilians with handguns.

Is this the landscape you want?

08-28-2012, 10:51 PM	#15
Nundduedola Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 609 Senior Member	This is New York, not Florida. Here, you can only shoot someone if they are presenting a current immediate threat to life. You also have a duty to retreat from the conflict if at all possible (this is different in FL.) Even if you witness a crime, you can't chase down the perp and shoot them (I don't think you can do that in FL either.) Sounds like George Zimmerman. Oh really? So it's not possible that an armed civilian might have witnessed the shooting from the distance, saw the perp walking away, and decided to chase after him? After all, he's armed. So the cops arrive and are confronted by two civilians with handguns. Is this the landscape you want?
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