“I’m not saying don’t kill.
I am saying that you cannot kill somebody who is incapacitated and you cannot shoot them in the back either.”
You should not shoot them execution style if there is a camera video taping the whole episode either.
In my CC class they showed a video scenario of a woman shoot a guy who broke in her apartment and then put his hands up. At this point she shoots him and then walks over and puts one in his temple. The point was supposed to be that you can not shoot an unarmed and/or incapacitated person.
Amazingly, most the women, all well educated nurses, psychologists, med pros - said if it was not legal it should be because he might come back and/or he might get up. So they wanted to end the threat permanently. The LEO tried to explain,but, despite his efforts, every woman knowingly answered the question “incorrectly” on the test in protest.
Actually, if you watch the stupid horror shows where the bad ____ (guy, monster, zombie, mummy, etc.) gets up and kills/eats them after they shoot or otherwise immobilize him temporally, it seems prudent to pay the insurance and finish the job. Except for the later conviction for murder if it is video taped.
I have to admit to being one who thinks if someone is so bad you need to shoot them you should finish the job. If they are that bad, I don’t want them being able to do any further harm. I don’t see me shooting anyone that is not a real threat- burglers unless proving to be a threat to me I would hold for LEO and not shoot. I would not shoot the guy that broke into “my” apartment in the scenerio you described, he would have to further threaten me.
When I watch movies where someone shoots the really bad guy once and then ignores him I always yell at the actor to finish the job...because in the movies the bad guys are always back for more if they are able to.
I do know the difference between shooting a direct threat and shooting someone who is not or no longer a threat...but I hope if I ever have the bad luck to put it to test I can remember and not just fill someone full of holes that was not a threat or no longer a threat. I have never had to shoot anyone, but several times I have felt threatened enough to get a firearm at the ready. I was shot at repeatedly one day and the way my mind reacted to that- if I had been armed I would have returned fire until I ran out of ammo. Which would have been unfortunate because the person that was shooting at me was an idiot target practicing that had no idea how far a .22 can travel. He was a threat because he nearly shot me several times, but he was not doing it on purpose.