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joe817 wrote: ↑Thu Jul 11, 2019 11:53 am

RSX11 wrote: ↑Thu Jul 11, 2019 11:41 am I was reading a news article about a recent armed robbery in Houston, and it made me wonder about a point in the law. A guy was loading groceries into his hatchback when he noticed an armed man was standing next to him. The robber pointed the gun at him and demanded his wallet, which he handed over. The gunman then took off.

Use of deadly force law says you can use deadly force to prevent the imminent commission of an armed robbery. If the victim chose to pull out a gun and shoot the robber in the back right as he was leaving - does that occur during the "imminent" part of the armed robbery? Or would it be considered to be part of attempting to recover property after the commission of the armed robbery? I figure he'd be good one way or the other, but I wondered which part of the law applied in this situation.

Interesting question. I'm no lawyer, nor a student of one. This is only my opinion. Shooting the robber in the back as he was fleeing...well I don't think that is a justifiable use of deadly force in this instance, since he no longer poses a threat. I'm not sure that shooting the actor in the back in order to recover your property is justifiable as well. Just my opinion. YMMV.