Posted April 24, 2019 8:00 pm by Comments

By Tom Knighton

When people decry Stand Your Ground laws, they tend to misrepresent them as somehow legalizing murder. They think you can gun someone down and say you thought they were scary and walk. That’s not how it works, and that isn’t what Stand Your Ground laws are for.

It’s for things like this.

A Florida father chased down and shot a carjacking suspect who deputies say drove off with the man’s 2012 Honda and 6-year-old son, who was sitting inside the vehicle at the time.

Just after 2:30 a.m. Saturday, 29-year-old Lamar Thurman got behind the wheel of the owner’s car, which was left running outside a Lantana residence while the unidentified victim said goodbye to friends, according to a Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office news release.

Thurman drove away, but the boy’s father and his friends gave chase, calling 911 as they followed the Honda, according to PBCSO officials. Thurman crashed the car about five miles away, and the vehicle temporarily became stuck before he managed to free it as the father and his friends approached.

Thurman then allegedly tried to drive away, but the father opened fire, hitting Thurman several times. He crashed about 200 yards away.

The child was unharmed.

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Source:: Bearing Arms

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