Okay, so let's talk about the stupidity of this. Tallman was wanted for burglary and, after a high speed chase that no doubt endangered lives, reckless endangerment. Had the cops gotten to him first and he had attacked them similarly, it would have been perfectly legal for them to shoot him. Cops are trained to shoot center of mass, so he'd be dead instead of injured.

But we're going to argue that a citizen does not have a similar right to a police officer ... why? I can read the constitution for myself and see that it doesn't give government officials a more secure right than it gives citizens. If anything, it constrains the government while advancing the rights of citizens. Mr. Larson was exercising the RIGHT of every citizen to protect himself and his community from thugs. Let's give this man a parade. That's not vigilantism ... it's heroism.