To me its not right the way the MA shooting criteria leaves all the burden on the person being attacked in the first place. In MA you need to stand on your head and do everything possible to try to run away etc when despite you minding your own business someone comes along who is willing to do violence to steal your property. Will he kill you? How do you know?
This is an absolutely true stury. I have a friend from Peterborough , NH who was held up at gun point on the main drag through Peterborough. The guy demanded his wallet. He took out his wallet and handed it to the guy. The guy shot him point blank in the stomach and walked away. Just shot him for the hell of it despite my friend readily handing over the wallet. Now I am far from bloodthirsty but I think the use of a gun should extend to protecting your property too.
I was approached once at a very remote spot at the canal by a guy in street cloths (not waders etc) who had to worm his way through 25 feet of brush to get to where I was. He stands still hidden in the bushes and asks me , "are you alone"? Not how's the fishing or are they biting , etc. "Are you alone". Fortunately I was actually fishing with Tim and Charlie from SOL and they started yelling at me like what was I doing talking to the bushes. As soon as this guy saw I was not alone , he turned and ran away.
Now I did not see a gun on him but there is no doubt in my mind that he was packing. From that day forward I started fishing much more public areas along the canal and seldom alone anymore.
Now for the most part , you either are a damned fool to approach a guy who spends his spare fun time standing on rocks on the waters edge all night with the intent to rob him unless... you are armed.
Anyway , that's my rant on the subject.
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