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ProgressiveProfessor

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4. Legally it has nothing to do with your stuff...

Reply to WillyT (Original post)

Sat Mar 24, 2012, 01:34 AM

Mar 2012

All of the states have the same standard for the use of deadly force for self defense, reasonable fear of GBI or death.

Castle Doctrine generically states that if someone has entered your home illegally, even if they are unarmed, you have a reasonable fear of GBI or death and there is no duty to retreat. That is what allows you to use deadly force.

Not all states have Castle Doctrine. However, in those states, considerable latitude is often given to women and the elderly.

I don't like killing over stuff, but if you don't know that its the neighbor's kid boosting your TV, I can understand shooting the intruder.

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Question... And I Don't Know The Answer These Days, But... [View all] WillyT Mar 2012 OP

It is the American weird obsession with STUFF Horse with no Name Mar 2012 #1

I Agree... But It Was Sort Of A Moral/Ethical Thing... WillyT Mar 2012 #3

No, elleng Mar 2012 #2

Legally it has nothing to do with your stuff... ProgressiveProfessor Mar 2012 #4

I wouldn't shoot kid would probably drop the tv. Kalidurga Mar 2012 #5

LOL !!! - Well, As Long As It's Not About The Stuff... WillyT Mar 2012 #6

I shoot the TV set and save him from propaganda. nt OnyxCollie Mar 2012 #7