Repeat after me: You do not use deadly force to defend property.
Come on. You can say it louder than that! You do not use deadly force to defend property.
Some good Samaritan with a CCW license tried to dissuade some dude from stealing a pretty nice work truck in Lumberton, NC. He did so by pointing a gun at the would-be jacker, who promptly hopped in the truck. Meanwhile, Mr. Yellow Vest CCW holder fires not one, not two, not three but FOUR warning shots into the ground.
That sure worked. I wonder where Mr. Yellow Vest learned that powerful technique of forcing compliance? Hollywood?
Eleven or so seconds later, the truck’s new “owner” intends to leave whatever parking lot and he drove for the exit.
Mr. Yellow Vest was still out in the open and he got, well, nailed. Or well nailed. Punctuation matters, but not in this guy’s case. He probably travelled thirty or forty feet in the air, cartwheeling as he went. Frankly though, he was probably dead before he landed.
Meanwhile, the ‘jacker drove through a field and went on his merry way.
Cops caught him not-so-long afterwards, but that didn’t help our CCW holder who didn’t exercise good judgement, tactics or common sense.
THIS VID IS WILD! Armed Good Samaritan fatally hit by truck after trying to stop carjacker in Lumberton, NC; the suspect was later captured by police pic.twitter.com/xeRCtf6RaG
— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) April 14, 2024
Unless you’re got kids or another person in your vehicle, you cannot and should not use deadly force to dissuade a carjacker hopping into your front seat to drive off, say from a gas station. Now, if the carjacker displays a weapon or infers he or she is armed, that’s a whole different story. You’ve got a bright green light to light them up, not to stop your car from getting stolen but to protect yourself from a violent criminal actor who just threatened your life with a weapon of some sort.
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