Crime victims: To shoot or not to shoot? - Granite Grok

Crime victims: To shoot or not to shoot?

This from today’s Union Leader: “MANCHESTER — A 76-year-old Korean War veteran was mugged Monday morning in a city alley, losing his wallet to an assailant who ripped it,

Gun free zones - where citizens try to run faster than law breakers can load a weapon
Should mugging victims be allowed to shoot their assailants?

literally, from his pants.” With the article is a picture of the victim, Chuck Wiggin, with a bandage on the side of his head.

But the old vet is game: “If I get lucky enough to remember what he looks like, he’s mine,” he said.

Now, here’s my query: In a just society, with just laws, if Mr. Wiggin had had a sidearm when attacked, would he have been justified in shooting the mugger in the back as he ran away?

I’m wondering what other people think.

What say you all?

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