But what? A mass shooter poses a threat to anyone that he comes across. Walking out the door may mean that you are temporarily safe, but if he takes his frustration out on bystanders on the street AND you could have prevented that...I would gladly bear the guilt of shooting him in the black while he was fleeing an armed response than to feel the guilt of innocents being shot outside. The same goes for a serial killer. Don't stop until he is down, he will kill again. If you have the chance to stop him and you don't, you bear guilt over his future victims. You wouldn't be responsible for those deaths, but the guilt would be terrible.
True, but it is always a question of doing the right thing even knowing the consequences can be dire. There are some hills worth dying on and some that are not. It would suck, but living with guilt because he killed multiple people in the street (or even worse he gets away and does it again with more preparation and the body count climbs) because you were afraid that you may be prosecuted because you stopped him would seem cowardly to me. I would rather take my chances with a jury knowing I did the right thing, than to live with both guilt and a feeling of cowardice.
Shot in the back leaving the premises.
I’d call that a good shoot, but….
But what? A mass shooter poses a threat to anyone that he comes across. Walking out the door may mean that you are temporarily safe, but if he takes his frustration out on bystanders on the street AND you could have prevented that...I would gladly bear the guilt of shooting him in the black while he was fleeing an armed response than to feel the guilt of innocents being shot outside. The same goes for a serial killer. Don't stop until he is down, he will kill again. If you have the chance to stop him and you don't, you bear guilt over his future victims. You wouldn't be responsible for those deaths, but the guilt would be terrible.
I agree with your sentiment. However one needs to think about the legal consequences.
Shooting someone in the back while the prosecutors would claim he is retreating is a potential life sentence for murder.
True, but it is always a question of doing the right thing even knowing the consequences can be dire. There are some hills worth dying on and some that are not. It would suck, but living with guilt because he killed multiple people in the street (or even worse he gets away and does it again with more preparation and the body count climbs) because you were afraid that you may be prosecuted because you stopped him would seem cowardly to me. I would rather take my chances with a jury knowing I did the right thing, than to live with both guilt and a feeling of cowardice.