(TX) Would-Be Burglars Met with Homeowner's Gun (2x in 1 week)

[280PLUS]

I was wondering...

Is it OK to shoot them IN the house and then drag them OUTSIDE so they don't bleed all over the carpet?

 

[cookiemonster]

Crosshair wrote:

As long as you don't shoot them in the back, how are they going to know they where trying to leave.

HE'S COMMIN RIGHT FOR US.

Nah...I prefer the more apt....


THIN OUT THEIR NUMBERS.

There Ned, now they won't starve to death. lol

God is it good to live in Texas.

Darrell

 

[duckslayer]

But once they're inside, they can do whatevery they want to your personal property and you can't use deadly force. All you can do is call the police.

Unbelievable! Are you sure about that?

 

[FunGunner]

But once they're inside, they can do whatevery they want to your personal property and you can't use deadly force. All you can do is call the police.

Yep, Justified Self-Defense in North Carolina says " A citizen is legally justified in using deadly force against another IF AND ONLY IF:"

1. The citizen actully believes deadly force is nessary to prevent an imminent threat of death, great bodily harm, or sexual assault, and

2. The facts and curcumstances prompting that belief would cause a person of odinary firmness to believe deadly force was necessary to prevent an imminent threat of death, great bodily harm, or sexual assault, and

3. The citizen using using deadly force was not an instigator or aggressor who voluntarily provocked, entered, or continued the conflict leading to deadly force and

4. Forced used was not excessive (greator that resonably needed to over come the threat posed by a hostile aggressor

Source: Laws governing concealed handgun and use of deadly force Handbook, by the North Carolina Justice Academy, a train the trainer course.



Nope, property dosen't come into play with the letter of the law.

 

[duckslayer]

But if they are in your house, that is a pretty credible threat to your safety, and I, being as reasonable as I believe myself to be (which may be disputed by others), would think that if someone enters your home, while you are there, they present a threat that meets criteria for the use of lethal force. Property doesn't even come into play.

 

[goalie]

But once they're inside, they can do whatevery they want to your personal property and you can't use deadly force. All you can do is call the police.

If you shoot an intruder in your house and believe the above quote is true, you need to find a better lawyer. Sure, you might not be alright if you shoot them in the back, but a second year law student should have a pretty easy time convincing a jury that you were in reasonable fear for your life if you shoot them in the front.

Me, I'd rather not shoot anyone and save the 10K on lawyers fees.

 

[Andrew Rothman]

As long as we're whipping them out, here's Minnesota:

609.065 Justifiable taking of life.

The intentional taking of the life of another is not authorized by section 609.06, except when necessary in resisting or preventing an offense which the actor reasonably believes exposes the actor or another to great bodily harm or death, or preventing the commission of a felony in the actor's place of abode.

 

[Bear Gulch]

He probably should have called the law first. But , all in all, a good job.

 

[LiquidTension]

If he had called the police first, the cop cars parked out front just *might* have kept the thugs from coming back. The way he did it was perfect.

 

[FunGunner]

Don't get me wrong, I just said "the letter of the law" and truly believe that most people in NC would see a intruder in your home a threat to the lives of those inside. Though I would have to say that if you are in one of the bigger cities, you are going to have a lot more problems than in a rual setting with a home defense shooting.