This is what I was looking for. Thanks for finding it. While I don't like, nor would I kill another cmdr for no reason, I accept the fact that it is something another may choose to do. The game is called Elite Dangerous for a reason. How such a huge portion of the community can think that trading without risk is the only form of acceptable play is strange to say the least. I like to play pirate a bit but these very same players who tend to only trade and complain about pirates and murders are the first to log out or blow themselves up when being pirated. If they want to commit suicide fine but using an exploit is worse than that they complain about.
The difference is the motive when someone chooses to play the game a certain way. Your choice above was to pirate (a bit at that, lovely). You fail to understand that traders don't have to give you anything, and those traders you prey upon don't instantly drop some cargo for you and chose to run instead or do anything to keep you from your free score. Now that your eyes are now opened, your next step is to what, blow them up should you be able to before they do whatever? There goes the murderer in you, awesome!. Now that trader you blew up, what's their motive now? Recoup the cost in lost credits, insurance and cargo. You've only set them back maybe an hour or 10. You get blown up, it's either the majority of you credits, or you're back in a sidewinder, because... well, piracy isn't good being hit-or-miss on the income.
With all of that, do you really think that justifies anyone parking themselves in a station and blowing people up for that or any other reason?
Fine, you want to attack in a station. Here's the deal: The second you open fire you are now hostile to all factions that operate in that station, it's surrounding stations (communication is a ...). You take a severe hit to your rep with whatever main faction those stations show allegiance to because no government would want an association with a psychotic murderer. Oh, and from now on any docking request is denied, and should you come within 3km of those, now hostile, stations, you are either blown up up, or you are forced run with your tail between your legs. Screw the useless fine. Make it that you feel so deservingly unwanted, you'll either run to another cluster and start anew, or just end up with nowhere left to land. Oh, and all of the above goes beyond death. To change anything, you'll have to accept that being part of the community is better than ing it off, work your butt off grinding back into society's warm embrace... or just go find another game with people to torment until they boot you out there as well.
(The above paragraph is what I'd suggest FD do with those caught firing inside stations for any reason. Yes, even for accidental weapons fire or to kill the miscreant camped in the corner like a coward.)
People just need to grow the hell up..
