part of the ariticl is legally worng. (only part)
There is no duty to retreat from an unarmed stranger theif inside the house. This is a pacifist BS. The act of breaking into the house/castle demonstrates violence.
Agreed. The Castle doctrine has standing in most of the Red States. Libs and progs? Let the invader do as they wish since I am not sure which of the two is worse.
Depends on where you live.
Ease up on them hammers, Texans!
The Castle Doctrine is not an end-all, be-all guarantee of righteousness, just as a gun does not guarantee you are either in control of a situation nor dominate your opponent.
Someone banging around your home in the middle of the night is most often family members and pets, yours and other people’s, if you forgot to secure your doggie door.
Next up is some stupid drunk or druggie who thinks he is inside his own home, and is confused because he can’t find the light switch and somebody moved the dang sofa. A good command voice will generally put such people into utterly perplexed docility, wondering what *you* are doing in *their* home.
Third is that if you shoot somebody, good, bad or indifferent, you are not going to get any more sleep that night and have a good chance of having your next six months fouled up with inquests and court stuff. Especially if the perp is a juvenile delinquent. And you’re looking at several hours of clean up as well.
Fourth, and this is an important one, if whoever busted in to your home is an LEO, unless you live in Indiana, if you pop him you will be charged with murder, *even* if he is not in uniform, did not identify himself, did not have a proper warrant, and probably if he has your valuables stuffed in his pockets and was carrying your laptop out the door.
Now this being said, there at least used to be an old rule that if somebody busts into your home, you should never “go hunting” for them, but position yourself in an open doorway at the end of a dark hallway as low as possible, and wait for them to come to you. This almost guarantees you the chance for an aimed double tap before they can return fire, after checking your gun to make sure it is ready to go.
A friend even put it more bluntly: never ambush unless you are prone, with concealment and cover handy. But if you do, the odds are very heavily in your favor.
This is because, bottom line of this old rule, is if you’re going to protect “your stuff”, don’t do it if the replacement value is less than your life. In a way it’s like rushing back inside your burning house to save your baseball card collection. Think about it. Sometimes it is just better to “take the hit”.