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Originally Posted by Pocat6
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Not exactly.
The simplest rule of thumb is this: If your choice is between being dead or being in prison, then shoot, and accept the jail time. You may be found to have an excuse and you can avoid jail, but assume that you're going to trial, and will be convicted. If you still think that shooting is worth that price, then go ahead.
I would make that choice under a variety of circumstances. I'd rather rot in jail than watch a member of my family be murdered. I'd rather learn the skill of prison tattooing than die in an alley. I'd even rather ruin my resumé and spend my evenings in "Shiv Making 101" than stand idly by while a stranger pulls a another screaming stranger into his van.
But you never get a permission slip to shoot another person, and it's never sport, or as fun as it looks in the movies. If you can get away and live with the consequences of NOT shooting, then don't shoot. Shooting is the last resort, a final, desperate option to avoid a slightly worse horror.