skeathley wrote:These situations have actually happened. Regardless of the law, if someone stops an active shooter and saves lives, and is not reckless, experience shows that public pressure makes it impossible to prosecute those people.
This is not a guarantee, but the public appreciates someone who steps up for public safety, even putti g tbemselves in legal jeopardy to do so.
Note that "reckless endangerment" will not be overlooked, nor will shooting someone who is not indisputably an immediate threat.
The 7th Amendment right to trial by jury has a powerful tempering effect on the interpretation and application of laws.