Say you're in a 7-Eleven and a BG walks in and starts shooting at the clerk. If you're legally armed and have a CCW permit, do you have a legal responsibility to defend him? If not, should you anyway? Should you just hide and hope for the best, try calling 911 on your cell, then respond only if directly threatened?
I ask this for two reasons. First, because a friend of my brother's was killed at a convenience store, apparently just for being there as we never did find out why. Don't know if he was the target or just more of a "target of opportunity," but he was definitely at the wrong place at the wrong time.
Second, with all the shootings we've heard about in schools, malls, etc., I've never heard of an armed bystander taking down a BG, though I'm sure it must have happened somewhere.
Seems like it would be a legal nightmare for someone just trying to help.
Thoughts?
I ask this for two reasons. First, because a friend of my brother's was killed at a convenience store, apparently just for being there as we never did find out why. Don't know if he was the target or just more of a "target of opportunity," but he was definitely at the wrong place at the wrong time.
Second, with all the shootings we've heard about in schools, malls, etc., I've never heard of an armed bystander taking down a BG, though I'm sure it must have happened somewhere.
Seems like it would be a legal nightmare for someone just trying to help.
Thoughts?