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Kirby: To shoot or not to shoot — standing your groundless ground

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Note: Did you know that mini-marshmallows traveling at 200-feet per second from a cannon start to melt and will stick to human skin? Yeah. Have Sonny show you his marshmallow-burn dance. It’s hilarious.

On a more serious note, as a cop, I came close to shooting people in defense of myself or others a few times. I’m thrilled to go through the rest of my life not having had to actually follow through.

Now that we have my personal experience out of the way, we need to address the issue of when it should be legal for you to shoot someone else.