This Case Is An Insane Miscarriage Of Justice

If you’ve ever been forced to take a concealed carry class, then the odds are pretty good that you thought the entire thing was a waste of time. These classes are designed to make firearm ownership more of a hassle (and more expensive), so that you give up on the idea of owning a gun. To the extent you receive any instruction at all, you’re told some very basic rules of self-defense. And the most important rule of all, of course, is that you can’t use lethal force unless you have a reasonable belief that you, or someone else, is in imminent danger of death or serious bodily injury. So if someone is running away with your property — even if it’s your car — you can’t shoot them.

This is one of those rules that pretty much everyone is familiar with. If you watch crime shows, or pay attention to the news, you understand the concept as well as anyone. You’re led to believe that this is one of those fundamental common law principles that we carried over from England, and that Western societies have always had some kind of general rule like this.