[Sportcat]

Wish I could give full credit to the good guy and give him a 2. Thankfully he was not hurt, will most likely not face prosecution, and two bad guys are off of the street (one will be in the ground in a few days).

http://www.thestate.com/mld/thestate/7033827.htm

http://wistv.com/Global/story.asp?S=1485380&nav=0RaMIZbU

[starfuryzeta]

I can see this being a good shoot if he was inside when it happened (not knowing that state's particular laws), but he was hiding in the shrubbery?

That can be twisted into intent, not defense.

[Al Thompson]

Maybe in the north, but here it'll probably turn out OK for the shooter.

[ny32182]

SC law says that if someone is outside your house, but within a certain radius of an entry point (door or window) then its a good shoot. I don't remember the exact distance; 10 or 15 feet or something I think.

EDIT: oops, posted before reading. Not sure if the guy will be charged or not. I'd like to see.

[Standing Wolf]

The attempted burglary was the second in a week at the house:. An antique marble dresser, an antique marble-top table, a television and a VCR valued at $1,370 were stolen in an Oct. 9 burglary, a police report said.

Greed can prove expensive.

[C.R.Sam]

Be nice if the surviving thief was charged with the death of the reformed thief.

Sam

[BluesBear]

But he said, in his view, it is impossible to prosecute a reasonable person who kills someone to protect himself or others.
impossible :what:

Will someone PLEASE elect this man to the Senate or HOR? We NEED more people like this.

[SC_shooter]

BluesBear.

The guy you are referring to, Dick Harpootlian, is the former Attorney General who, in his campaign for Governor, declared open season on burglars. But he also would not issue a formal opinion, as Attorney General, so his statement is worth as much as the paper it is not written on. He is a politician and likes to see him name in the paper, nothing more. You can have him.

Paul

[45King]

Harpootlian likes 1911s! I got this from a friend who is an attorney that used to work with Harpootlian years ago when he was a prosecutor. He would go on drug raids with the police, and he always carried a GM. He once offered my friend a spare gun and the opportunity to come along on a raid. My friend went on the raid, but declined the gun and stayed back from the action. (Personally, I wouldn't want to be anywhere near a raid if I was unarmed, but to each his own.)

Harpootlian is a Dem, BTW.