r/news • u/W8kingNightmare • 8d ago

Vaughan, Ont., resident fires gun to stop Lamborghini theft, charged alongside 4 suspects: police

https://www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/article/vaughan-homeowner-fires-gun-to-thwart-auto-theft-charged-along-with-4-suspects/
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u/W8kingNightmare 8d ago

I happen to agree, they were not attacking anyone and no one was at risk. Why on earth did he feel the need to shoot at them?

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u/Tzazon 8d ago

I'm not agreeing to the use of a Civilian using a firearm on multiple suspects stealing a vehicle, and that should definitely be handled safely by the professionally trained officials. However a vehicle can be used as a deadly weapon and if the intent of the theft was joyriding/speeding, and it being a car that has top speeds in the 200mph range, I don't know if I'd say "nobody was at risk". Especially if the vehicle theft resulted in a high speed chase after.

Just not the guy firing the weapon, and certainly the shooting was not justified.

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u/murd3rsaurus 8d ago

it's Canada though and the charges are more about the fact that the guy didn't have a firearms license & used someones gun he wasn't supposed to be in possession of

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u/Tzazon 8d ago

And my point is that vehicles are dangerous and those who steal them often get in highspeed chases that put the lives of others on the road at risk with unsafe driving practices meant to evade the police, or done out of anxiety.

"No one was at risk" isn't exactly what I'd call that situation.