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To: muawiyah
Who said anything about trespass. I'm talking about protecting home and property, and being in fear of life and limb. The extended Castle Doctrine in use in some states creates a mine field condition at the lot line Fur Shur.

Well it does in some states but I'm not sure if you really want to test that little theory, bud. I have a feeling that a jury would still convict you because don't those statutes refer to the STEALING of property (especially at nighttime)? Obviously if some druggie is attempting to steal your car then the law gives you the right to shoot him (in some states), but if you just shoot some doper that accidentally takes a couple of steps on your lawn, then I think the law is going to come down on you pretty hard, especially if all the police find on him is a couple of condoms and a Phish concert ticket.

But back to the issue of ONE SENTENCE FITS ALL, no reason for dopers to miss out on all the gurney rides.

What does this even mean? I swear, we have seen some nutty stuff in this thread -- people advocating for the government to deliberately poison street drugs, and you talking about shooting dopers who accidentally take a step on your property. Tell me, muawiyah, would you shoot a drunk high school student who took a couple of steps on your property? What if he sat on the hood of your car with a beer and was drinking it? Capital offense worthy of execution in your book?

75 posted on 08/23/2011 5:15:12 PM PDT by 10thAmendmentGuy ("[Drug] crusaders cannot accept the fact that they are not God." -Thomas Sowell)
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To: 10thAmendmentGuy
We are talking about disparity of sentencing. It's OK to murder high school kids who step on your porch in Louisiana ~ and according to some Freepers, that's now true in Texas.

If we are going to use execution as the penalty for a whole host of crimes what principle would we use to limit the use?

77 posted on 08/23/2011 5:20:06 PM PDT by muawiyah
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