This blog post from Andrew Branca has to do with an attempted home invasion in an apartment building in Dallas. Shots were fired, and no one was hurt.
The would-be invaders had not breeched the door when the resident fired through his door. The rounds were stopped by the wall across the hall--none struck the door to that apartment. I was not there; I do not know what, if anything, the defender could see from his camera at the time; I do not know whether I would have fired through the door.
Notwithstanding all of that, this video, which is an hour and forty minutes in length, provides by far the best discussion of the relevant use of force laws that I have ever some across. It addresses defense of habitation and conveyances and differences among jurisdictions in laws pertaining to the use of non-deadly physical force to defend personal property.
This goes into considerable depth, and the issues covered can be very important. I stonly recommend wathing this with full attention--at least once.
The would-be invaders had not breeched the door when the resident fired through his door. The rounds were stopped by the wall across the hall--none struck the door to that apartment. I was not there; I do not know what, if anything, the defender could see from his camera at the time; I do not know whether I would have fired through the door.
Notwithstanding all of that, this video, which is an hour and forty minutes in length, provides by far the best discussion of the relevant use of force laws that I have ever some across. It addresses defense of habitation and conveyances and differences among jurisdictions in laws pertaining to the use of non-deadly physical force to defend personal property.
This goes into considerable depth, and the issues covered can be very important. I stonly recommend wathing this with full attention--at least once.