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Cali_Democrat

(30,439 posts)
Wed Oct 7, 2015, 05:10 PM Oct 2015

Vigilante Gun Nut Opens Fire On Shoplifter In Home Depot Parking Lot

The only thing that stops a shoplifter is a vigilante bystander with a gun. Or, at least, that’s what an unidentified woman apparently decided shortly before she opened fire on an SUV carrying a man who was fleeing the nearby Home Depot.

The incident occurred Tuesday afternoon at a Home Depot parking lot in Auburn Hills, Michigan. Store security chased the alleged shoplifter as he jumped into an SUV that was waiting to help him flee. According to the Detroit Free Press, that’s when a 48 year-old woman drew a gun and began firing shots at the vehicle.

The woman, who has a license to carry a concealed firearm, is reportedly “cooperating with police.”
If this wannabe Dirty Harry were an actual cop, she almost certainly would have violated the Constitution. Under the Supreme Court’s decision in Tennessee v. Garner, law enforcement may not use deadly force “unless it is necessary to prevent the escape and the officer has probable cause to believe that the suspect poses a significant threat of death or serious physical injury to the officer or others.”

Based on publicly available information, there’s no indication that the fleeing man, who allegedly stole power tools and welding equipment, presented a sufficient threat to the public to justify the use of deadly force.

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http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2015/10/07/3710275/vigilante-gun-owner-opens-fire-on-shoplifter-in-home-depot-parking-lot/

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Vigilante Gun Nut Opens Fire On Shoplifter In Home Depot Parking Lot (Original Post) Cali_Democrat Oct 2015 OP
Link to better article ManiacJoe Oct 2015 #1
If there is any question about whether or not ManiacJoe Oct 2015 #2
based on the information I have, gejohnston Oct 2015 #3
How do we know she was a "gun nut" Kang Colby Oct 2015 #4
This message was self-deleted by its author Cali_Democrat Oct 2015 #5

ManiacJoe

(10,136 posts)
2. If there is any question about whether or not
Wed Oct 7, 2015, 05:34 PM
Oct 2015

the shooter should be charged, then the news reports are greatly lacking in the details supporting the shooting.

Based on what little facts are being reported, the shooting was clearly illegal and charges should be filed.

gejohnston

(17,502 posts)
3. based on the information I have,
Wed Oct 7, 2015, 09:47 PM
Oct 2015

Did you ever think that you would agree with some gun blog? She joins the ranks of some soccer referee. Most of the recipients cops. The writer, no relation, has a talent for understatement.
http://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/2015/10/daniel-zimmerman/irresponsible-gun-owner-of-the-day-auburn-hills-home-depot-shopper/

 

Kang Colby

(1,941 posts)
4. How do we know she was a "gun nut"
Wed Oct 7, 2015, 11:35 PM
Oct 2015

and not just an idiot? Those of us who have spent time training with firearms, repairing firearms, collecting firearms, building firearms, studying the laws, etc. are not the type of people who just wantonly spray bullets in a parking lot. She is an idiot who should be charged with a felony, lose her gun license, and never legally be able to possess firearms again. But with millions of concealed carriers in this country, lets not act like this is the norm...because it is not.

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