Quote:
Originally Posted by AnnEsthesia
Usually there are laws in place that make it legal to protect yourself if someone is trying to hurt you. If someone breaks into your house, you are allowed to defend yourself... however, if they realize you are home and run off, you are not allowed to run down the street after them, shooting.
|
Agreed. What McFranklin describes is not vigilantism.
What would be vigilantism would be to not report the robbery to the police, find out on your own who robbed your store, drive to his house with your buddies, and beat the living hell out of him.