Justifed? Yes? No?

[Sam]

yeah i geus - but still depends on whether law says you can injure somone to save someone esle...

[Anbu Alex]

Yea the law is different in different states and some ppl were talkng about this at my dojo and one person said (he's a correction officer) that if they find out that you do martials Arts the law will unofficially consider your hands and feet weapons. But in my opinion i think the guy was justified who was to say the robber wasnt going o turn the gun on the Martial Artist afterwards its good to read state law.

[Sam]

Wow, I've never known of anywhere in modern times that considers MAs hands / feet weapons.... even unofficially.

[Menjo]

I would beleive it if they did, its sounds like something the goverment would do

[Anbu Alex]

Yea thats why these days one of the many reasons some Sensei's stress lot on giving off the presence of not being a martial artist or dont use obviouse stance or of course ppl r gona be like hey he's knows kung fu or sumthing

[Sam]

But that's also about surprise - if they dont know you do MA, you have the advantage of surprise.

[Menjo]

Yes but sometimes an enemy knowing you're in martial arts can help, but in general less times than when they dont know.

[Sam]

yeha - mostly though [in my experience] idontreckon it would help the situation at all.

[DragonMike]

It would be morally justified-someones life was in danger, and the robbers death was not intentional.

[John Bishop]

Every state in the U.S. allows for the use of deadly force in situations where you or someone else's life is threatened with a deadly weapon. Yes, he was legally justified, the same as if he had pulled out a licensed handgun and shot the robber without warning.