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I hear what you are saying. In some cases you wouldn't know what was really going on. I'm talking about the situation where it is obvious that a child is being abducted. Here in Austin there was a little boy, I think he was 5, that was taken by 4 young men from the families driveway. Thank God he is now safely back with his family but the 4 that took him are still on the run.

When I took my CHL class my instructor told us that the only way he would ever pull his weapon is if he or someone in his family was in danger. He said for anyone else he would call 911 and be the best witness he could be, but he wouldn't risk using his weapon for someone else.

There is certainly some wisdom in this approach because in some cases you would never really know all of what was going on. But from a legal stand point, if you have reason to believe that someone's life is in danger you can legally use deadly force, correct?

I had never thought about this before but after hearing an Amber alert the other morning I was wondering what the law would be in the following situation: You see someone trying to kidnap someone (assume it is someone you don't know) - can/should/would you shoot to help them if you could? If I knew I could do so without hitting the innocent person I think I would. If nothing else I would certainly try to disable their vehicle.