What to do in a situation

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That would be Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man. Not a leg shot...I think he shot the hostage in the arm.

Nope, that would be SPEED. Keanu Reeves shoots Jeff Daniels. Holy 1994 Batman!

 

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I knew that, my bad.

 

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There is a philosophical question in play here. On one side, is the position: you're a member of society, stand up and do your part to protect the innocent.

The counter-arguement is: you got a LTCH to protect your safety not to save the world. Proponents of the second arguement would say you are not the jr. police with an obligation to serve and protect. An unrelated 3rd party you elect to protect had the same opportunity (depending on age) you did to get a LTCH and apparently chose not to. Your only obligation is to get yourself home safely at night.

It's an interesting quandry.

I agree that there is the philosophical question included here but the thread was originally more specifically directed at the question of whether it is legal to intervene on the part of a third person. At least that's what I got out of the OP.

The question has evolved since but the answer to the OP is unequivocally "yes". As to the answer to your question, that has to be answered by every individual in their own mind - hopefully prior to the time when you would be forced to make that decision.