Hero or Murderer?

I think it's self defense. The robber comes marching in and threatens everyone's life. Though, his intent to kill may not be true, but he carries key things: A Weapon and the know how. With those 2 elements, he is a potential threat, especially equipped with a weapon.

Now, the law may dictate that it would be murder by the victim. But what's going to stop the victim from pleading innocence with something like this:

"What am I supposed to do, sit around and wait for the police? This man eyed me straight in the eye several times, I felt like I was the main target here. I don't know if it was my haircut or suede shoes that caught his attention, but I was certain he'd come after me next, as soon as he was finished scrounging enough money from the counter."

Sure the court could respond like this:

"Sir, your actions may have stoped any further danger this time, but your actions also proposed potential danger to everyone else. What if you were to have failed in stopping this man? He could be armed with a grenade or a small automatic machine gun. Everyone else would be in greater danger if you manage to provoke further ill-intent than he had originally planned. I don't know what self defense knowledge you possess, or what media you've seen, but in situations such as this, which obviously are incoherrent with a job that of a automobile salesman, would require someone with a much more extensive amount of knowledge."


But not to fear, lying can be good:

"Well, the man assaulting this bank clearly couldn't have had any other devices on him. He banged that sack around a few times on the counter's front side panel. And with everyone around me quieted by this man's presence, I could easily observe this bag is very much empty. But, let's look at it this way, if I were a bank robber, it would have to take quite a bit of guts from me to go in with the idea of robbing the facility. Now, here I am going in alone with perhaps a real weapon. At some point before the event, I must of thought about having something to defend myself. Killing potential harmless people would waste my time and delay me further as well as waste ammunition. I can take them out on the way out, but I need to be fast and speedy to avoid authorities. But, what if I get caught? If I get caught without injuring anyone, I could very well be sent to jail and released 8 years later. If I get caught with 6 deaths on my record, I might get a life sentence, or death penalty. If someone is going to rob a bank, you know the robber must of thought about some plan for now and later. But as I first observed this man, he showed no sign of a learned person or having the mindset to make such plans. Clearly, he would not of expected a surprise attack from the audience. He was panicked a little, you could see the worry in his face, yet fueled by testosterone with enough madness to stare me down several times. I wasn't going to let him touch me and I can't do anything about the other people's lives. But if I can stop him, maybe I can save the lives of other people at other banks. It would be nice if there weren't any worry or risk of losing certain people through our actions, but we can't have everything we want. Just look at this bank robbery, how on Earth did he get through undected? Banks want the best security their money can buy and only to get results like this. By failing to stop this man from entering, it is the bank who placed everyone's lives at stake. How dare they open business and tell us to come and place our lives in danger? With faulty security like that, I'm more than afraid to do buisiness again with this particular bank branch."

Of course, this is just one particular case or view to look at. There are multiple ways of manipulating a jury's thinking. They are the sort of people who've "heard it all before," but if you are charged with murder, it wouldn't hurt to try.

Jam it back in, in the dark.