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,
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?