Pulling a Clint Eastwood on shoplifters isn’t a real smart move.
On the contrary. Maybe those four will think twice about robbery when they get out of jail and consider that private citizens in this country are often armed.
Meanwhile, the Chief should be happy he got the help and stop whinning.
Per the article, he fired when they tried to run him down with the car.
Every American citizen had better realize where we as a nation are. No government, state or federal can protect anyone. It's time for Americans to take control of their own lives and do the right thing to stop all crime. That would include crimes by any government entity.
They tried to run the guy down! Should he have just stood there?
No it isn't. In most jurisdictions firing at an occupied vehicle under almost any circumstances is usually a bad idea unless it is obvious that the occupants of the vehicle are using the vehicle as a weapon to do you bodily harm. The article isn't clear whether the shooter was under that kind of attack or was acting as a vigilante, but since he apparently isn't being charged with anything the cops must be convinced that he was deliberately endangered by the thieves' using their vehicle as a weapon. Fortunately for the shooter, TX is a pro-gun state in which a majority of sensible lawmakers and LEOs look favorably on private citizens using firearms in self defense.
That would not have been the case in some other states, NJ or CA for two examples, where law enforcement personnel and prosecutors are generally opposed to private individuals taking the law into their own hands, even in self defense. I'm not saying I agree with that kind of anti-self defense policy, in fact I vehemently disagree, but it's a fact of life in many jurisdictions and we have to live with it or face the very serious consequences.
I agree. That was not a smart move.
Murphy’s Law comes to mind.
Agree...Opening up in a supermarket parking lot at moving vehicle, over petty theft is pretty dumb. At least the shooter said, "Hey they tried to run me over" in an attempt to justify his stupid actions.