29th May 2007, 3:46 PM
http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2007240298,00.html
This is an interesting story and everyone's quick to call the guy a hero for trying to save the day and catching a bullet, but in all likelyhood if the guy had called the cops instead, no one would have been hurt. I mean the muggers still got away so he really didn't accomplish anything. Generally speaking police frown on this sort of behavior unless there is a clear and present danger to someone else at the time. Money's not worth getting shot over.
This is an interesting story and everyone's quick to call the guy a hero for trying to save the day and catching a bullet, but in all likelyhood if the guy had called the cops instead, no one would have been hurt. I mean the muggers still got away so he really didn't accomplish anything. Generally speaking police frown on this sort of behavior unless there is a clear and present danger to someone else at the time. Money's not worth getting shot over.
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)