re: #190 Absalom, Absalom, Obdicut

And it might not have helped in the least if he had one, too. Guns aren’t magic.

So what? Nobody sensible claims any magic. Want to talk magic? Lets talk about a magic wand that could have impelled the cop to step up and serve public safety.

If your point is that guns should never be there because they might not help, I find that terribly wrong. If you want a clearer case of a moment where lethal force was more justified, good luck finding it. This one is pretty damn clear as far as available information goes.

Gun, knife, bat, real L.E. taser, whatever. In this case they are all the same. Perhaps adequate to the task of family defense. This poor guy had none of those things. All he had was the van, and even that came up short. You realize that when a child is visible to the attacker the defender has more room to make those tough judgement calls right?