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Old 9th September 2018, 04:55 PM   #370
Distracted1
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Originally Posted by JoeMorgue View Post
Somebody is going to have to explain to me why when the "But... but they FEARED FOR THEIR LIFE AND THAT MAKES EVERYTHING OKAY!" applies so selectively.

If some body shows up at my door announced with a gun I'd fear for me life, but ironically that person is the dead one in this scenario.

Or we can all just continue to live in the fantasy world where there's no Elephant in the room and if they guy in his own home had shot the cop we'd be having the same conversation.
Had the situation been reversed, and the victim been the shooter, I would argue that his actions were reasonable. And that a simple mistake had led to a tragedy.
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