AdamT
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How do you know? How do you know that the guy in the closet doesn't have a weapon and that he just needed time to get it out and had to run while he could free it? How do you KNOW that he is no longer a threat? You've used HINDSIGHT to show that they were not a threat at the time; but hindsight is never known in advance (hence the name HINDSIGHT). If he runs into the closet, what guarantee do you have that he doesn't have the gun, that he isn't going to pop out shooting? He's already made the decision to break into your home, to steal your stuff; what else is he capable of? You DON'T KNOW. This is some drugged up stranger breaking into your place and stealing your stuff, you have NO guarantee that he can't or won't escalate the confrontation.
Maybe he does. Maybe he's in there loading his gun, which for some reason he brought unloaded and stowed in such a way that he couldn't get to it without secreting himself in a closet. So what? If you see the door start to open you can still blow him away before he has a chance to fire, let alone aim and fire.