Posted on 08/04/2008 7:56:26 AM PDT by bamahead
A bank customer shot a robber after an armed confrontation in a Kansas City parking lot Saturday.
The robber was wounded in the head and was in stable condition at a hospital, police said.
The shooting happened about 9 a.m. when a man and a woman were in a car using the automated teller machine at the Bank of America at North Oak Trafficway and Barry Road.
(Excerpt) Read more at kansascity.com ...
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Good shooting!
Good shootin', Tex!!!
Good shot. But buy a bigger gun, a shot in the head should never end with a hospital stay.
Good work, man! Maybe next time aim for the heart.
At least it stopped him! :-)
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It was all legal.... if you’re thinking the victim is going to jail...he’s not!
Nice shooting.
Hopefully his money was not soiled from the thieve's brains.
Not if the idiot journalist was correct in that the victim shot the criminal after the robbery.
During the robbery attempt would be legal and that's probably what really happened.
The man yelled for the robber to stop. When the robber turned around and pointed his gun, the man fired at him, hitting him in the head, Lantz said.
Wow! One shot right to the head. Good shooting.
“Not if the idiot journalist was correct in that the victim shot the criminal after the robbery. During the robbery attempt would be legal and that’s probably what really happened. “
If the robber already has a gun in your face its probably not a good idea to go for yours. Depends on circumstances.
Regarding his shooting the guy after the robbery. I assume you are saying he was no longer in danger and therefor had no cause to use deadly force.
I disagree, he had been robbed and a reasonable person would feel danger until the robber was no longer in the area. So they were still in danger. Second, it is not against the law to tell a robber to stop. Once the robber points the gun at you then you are free and clear to shoot.
Depends on state laws of course. I can’t see any charges for something like this in Florida.
That written report seems to conflict a bit with the local televised news report and conference. The way I heard it, The victims were in the car, the perp pointed a gun at the victim/driver/wife’s face, and then the passenger/victim took his gun out and shot him. The police were interviewed and said the victims did get their money.
I think the (good) guy will be ok. the story very carefully says that the victim got out of his car and called for the robber to stop, at which time the robber turned and pointed his gun at the victim. That’s all the good guy needed. Once somebody points a gun at you you can blow them to Kingdom Come and it’s entirely alright because it’s self defense.
Nobody on this board has commented on the comments to the story posted at the Kansas City Star. They’re almost as much fun as the ones posted here (good gun control, needs a bigger gun, etc).
i think it depends on the states law. if defense of property is allowed, then he should be good. i would think that if it only allows for defense of life, he might have an issue since the physical threat was over and the driver initiated the subsequent contact.
i think this was a good shoot. i like the story. but you never know about some ADA who wants to make a name.
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The man did what he had to in order to keep their money from going bye-bye.
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