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the analogy is more like you had a concealed firearm with you and you shot a terrorist.

although personally I think time served and probation seems about right.

The proper analog is more like you carry a concealed firearm which you used to shoot an innocent person but then later used it to shoot a terrorist.

In the UK we stop terrorists with Narwhal tusks

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/nov/30/narwhal-tusk...

What's more interesting on the "good deed - bad deed" ometer is

> Among those who pinned down the attacker was James Ford, 42, who is also thought to have tried to save the life of a woman who had been stabbed. Ford was jailed for life in 2004 for the murder of 21-year-old Amanda Champion.

One good deed is not enough to absolve, but one bad deed is enough to condemn.

This man wasn't exactly jailed for jaywalking [1].

[1] http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/kent/3659523.stm

I was simply stating a truism, not complaining about it..

The terrorist attacked a conference on rehabilitating offenders so there were probably a few more "bad boys" there too.

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