“In Colorado, you can use deadly force to stop a robbery.”
Keyboard lawyers should read the statutes before posting.
My thoughts exactly.
In Texas you can use deadly force to stop a thief from fleeing with your stolen property. Personally I would not unless he was a mortal threat
Well then, allow me to be more specific.
According to Colorado Revised Statues 18-1-704 subsection 2(b) which reads:
2. Deadly physical force may be used only if a person reasonably believes a lesser degree of force is inadequate and:
(b.) The other person is using or reasonably appears about to use physical force against an occupant of a dwelling or business establishment while committing or
attempting to commit burglary as defined in sections 18-4-202 to 18-4-204; or...
18-4-202. First degree burglary.
(1) A person commits first degree burglary if the person knowingly enters unlawfully, or remains unlawfully after a lawful or unlawful entry, in a building or occupied structure with intent to commit therein a crime, other than trespass as defined in this article, against another person or property, and if in effecting entry or while in the building or occupied structure or in immediate flight therefrom, the person or another participant in the crime assaults or menaces any person, or the person or another participant is armed with explosives or a deadly weapon.
I would remind the community that in the case in Texas, the robber was armed with a hatchet which is a deadly weapon.
So I reassert my original premise. In Colorado, you can use deadly force to stop a robbery.