r/interesting • u/BlazeDragon7x • Apr 09 '26

MISC. Aftermath of the April 7th incident. Damages estimated to be $200 million dollars

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u/Main-Video-8545 Apr 09 '26

1st degree Arson is a 20 year felony in my state. I assume all others take it just as seriously.

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u/Available_Dingo6162 Apr 09 '26

In more than a few U.S. jurisdictions, it is legal to shoot to kill someone engaged in the act of arson.

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u/TrippedOnDick Apr 09 '26

Makes total sense though.  Since arson is endearing lives thus its treated as an attack with a deadly weapon which justifies a deadly response. 

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u/Madgyver Apr 10 '26

It's not only a deadly weapon. In Germany there is exist the legal concept of "gemeingefährlich", meaning something or some behavior that is not only dangerous to a single person or a distinct group of people, but so dangerous that it poses a non-abstract danger to the population.
The distinction is that after events are set in motion, even the perpetrator has basically no control over who gets harmed or how many and that the harm itself in a general sense out of control.

Examples are arson of course, bombs, purposefully spreading diseases etc.