SAPD: Man defends girlfriend; shoots robbery suspects

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21. Running down the robbers after they left and no longer posed a threat,

is not self defense. And, no, you shouldn't need someone to explain that to you. The threat was over, and he had other options available. Where do you draw the line? If the robbers drove off instead running away, would it be OK to follow them home and then shoot them as they sat on the sofa? Would it be OK to kill them for trying to take your stuff?

Gun people extoll the idea that their guns protect them. Yet here's some guy who grabs a gun after the danger passed, and then compounds his stupidity by putting himself in danger when he decides to chase after robbers who had fled the scene and no longer posed a threat to him. Its totally irrational behavior.