Garage legality question

[MindSight]

Hello, I'm fairly new to THR, but Jimfern (see above comment) I believe to be correct. The best thing you can do is avoid the situation unless "Your" life is in imminent/immediate danger. It's tragic if an innocent person gets injured or killed. But your CCW/PTC is not a Law Enforcement badge. Some states state: "You can go to aid of the innocent, unarmed person." But, are willing to risk going to prison or dying in the incident. The amount (deadly or non-deadly force defense) defense you use must be justified. And, just because you believe the response to be justified, doesn't mean the court/jury will agree. This is what I learned at the Law of Self-Defense.com and SO much more. They have extremely important and legally valuable information.

 

[hso]

answer his question about the use of deadly forc

You do not have legal defense for shooting unless you or another's life is being defended. He would not have had a good shoot and would have possibly suffered untold problems had he fired on a fleeing burglar.

 

[MindSight]

You do not have legal defense for shooting unless you or another's life is being defended. He would not have had a good shoot and would have possibly suffered untold problems had he fired on a fleeing burglar.

Agreed!!

 

[Howland937]

There's still a lack of clarity with some of Ohio's carry and self-defense law. One thing that cannot be stressed enough is that for a self defense shooting to be justified, an imminent threat of death or grievous injury must be present. Meaning defense of property, money or valuables would not be justified. Defense of a third person requires that the person being defended would be justified in use of force to protect themselves.

"Stand your ground" doesn't change any of that. It's an improvement for sure though. There are parts of Ohio Carry Law that seem almost intentionally ambiguous.

 

[denton]

Here in Utah, your home and surrounding real estate are places you can defend youself with deadly force under many circumstances.

That said, the life of the lowest, meanest, most vile person in the world is worth more than anything any of us own. The punishment for theft is not death.

 

[JohnKSa]

Two very simple principles that help to answer virtually all questions about deadly force laws:

1. They are intended to be used only as a last resort. The question is NEVER: "Can I shoot.", the question is always: "Do I have to shoot?".

2. They are always about PREVENTING certain very serious crimes that are just about to be committed, or STOPPING certain very serious crimes that are in progress. No matter how heinous the crime--if it has already been committed and there's no other qualifying crime in progress, or imminent, then there is no justification for the use of deadly force because the laws are about prevention, not punishment or revenge.

Think of the deadly force laws as a safety net--something to be used only in the direst circumstances when there are no other reasonable options and not as a "how to" primer that explains when you can shoot someone and not go to jail.

The bottom line is that you shoot when you MUST and then you trust the deadly force laws to keep you from being penalized for committing what would normally be a serious crime. Knowing the laws is good so you don't say or do something foolish that casts doubts on the validity of your actions, but we don't learn them so we can run through them in our head in a confrontation to see if we can "get away" with shooting someone.