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Should business owners or clerks be allowed to shoot thieves who steal from a store?

On 08/20 at 05:36 PM, Ms. Johnson from Jackson wrote:

First and foremost, this situation is getting out of hand, not only am I talking about the robbing I’m talking about the killing of accused robbers. No one should be able to commit a crime and get away with it so why should this store owner along with all the others be allowed to take a life and not have to abide by the laws that would be put forth to any other individuals who proclaim to be deffending themselves and their property. Of course it was wrong of this man to steal from the store but my God, you mean to tell me that the law values a pack of beer more than they do a life. These foriegn store owners are so quick to pull out a weapon when someone steals from them instead of calling the proper authority, they chose to take matters into their own hands and allows seem to get off easy. Now I
hate make this an issue of race,but would the outcome have been different had the owner been of different race; of course it would have that individual would have been booked, charged and awaiting trial for murdering the same man for stealing beer. What is this world, state, and these laws coming to? It’s about right and wrong people no one has the right to take a life and yeah I know they came about with this new law where an individual who feels threatened on their own property with no other option can shoot someone, but this man was only taking beer did he show a gun or any evidence of being a threat. That store owner just took a life and he should be punished for his actions, just as anyone else would be. Stop showing favortism, we are equal and a crime is a crime. This is a disgrace and I’m sick of this happening time and time again. If we can lock up a domestically beaten woman for killing her offender then why can’t the law lock up a man who hasn’t been touched by an individual who only took a case of beer. Someone needs to tell these people they can’t just take a life, call the police if someone is stealing not play sheriff and kill a man.


On 08/20 at 05:29 PM, nana from Madison wrote:

If you don’t want to be shot, you shouldn’t rob a store, home, or car-jack anyone!  How hard is that to understand?


On 08/20 at 05:19 PM, Kat from Clinton wrote:

Yes


On 08/20 at 05:13 PM, Chris from Ridgeland wrote:

i believe that what the store owner did was a good thing. I’m tired of people being so sorry and so lazy that they don’t want to work but would rather steal from the ones that do. I agree completely with shooting someone that tries/or does steal from anyone. If all these lazy people would get a job they could buy their own things, but they would rather steal it from hard working people. If we can’t shoot them then whats gonna happen. Its obvious that JPD is not gonna do their jobs. I mean look at how many unsolved crimes there are this year alone. It would be great to be able to turn on the tv without hearing about one person killing another.


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