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So, because the perp wasn't inside the house, it's murder.

Poor guy, will a Massachusetts jury convict him?

1 posted on 07/20/2016 8:10:44 AM PDT by PROCON
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I’d invoke the Joe Biden defense, “just fire a shot through the door”.


2 posted on 07/20/2016 8:13:45 AM PDT by broken_clock (Go Trump)
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Seems crazy doesn’t it?

So if someone is breaking in, you have to let them break all the way in, and put yourself in harms way, in order to defend yourself?

The perps had the wrong house? Really?? Do they routinely break into someone’s house? Do they routinely break windows in a house of someone they know, in order to get inside?? Something doesn’t add up here.


3 posted on 07/20/2016 8:13:47 AM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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In Colorado, ya do gotta wait until they’re inside before they’re fair game. Shoot inside: OK; Shoot outside: not OK.


4 posted on 07/20/2016 8:14:02 AM PDT by catnipman (Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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Texas, I love you! Poor man, hope the jury is reasonable.


5 posted on 07/20/2016 8:14:51 AM PDT by avenir (I'm pessimistic about man, but I'm optimistic about GOD!)
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mistook Lovell’s home for someone else’s

Mistook it for the home of someone who was unarmed?

7 posted on 07/20/2016 8:15:57 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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Not if I were sitting on it.


8 posted on 07/20/2016 8:16:39 AM PDT by onedoug
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American prosecutors are nothing but criminal thugs.


9 posted on 07/20/2016 8:17:45 AM PDT by stinkerpot65 (Global warming is a Marxist lie.)
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I lived in Mass once. Springfield. NEVER AGAIN.


10 posted on 07/20/2016 8:18:53 AM PDT by fuente (Liberty resides in three boxes: the ballot box, the jury box and the cartridge box--Fredrick Douglas)
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Lovell is currently being held without bail.

Are you frickin' kidding me?

12 posted on 07/20/2016 8:20:03 AM PDT by Right Brother
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So you have to let them break all the way in before ventilation?

What if one of them had a gun?

He also tried to communicate with them to no avail. He did everything right from what I can see.

The DA has an agenda.


14 posted on 07/20/2016 8:22:10 AM PDT by headstamp 2 (Fear is the mind killer.)
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I was thinking about that law when I saw the headline. If the perp wasn’t inside the house then unfortunately it will fall on the homeowner.

I remember as a teenager a friend’s dad (who was a sheriff) told me that if you want to shoot a home burglar, make sure of three things before you shoot. Otherwise you can be sued or face charges:
1) They need to be inside of your home
2) They need to be facing you when you shoot
3) You need to shoot to kill


15 posted on 07/20/2016 8:26:33 AM PDT by Marko413
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Remind me again. What’s the reason for living in Massachusetts if you are a productive, law-abiding person who wants to protect his home?


16 posted on 07/20/2016 8:26:54 AM PDT by Opinionated Blowhard ("When the people find they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.")
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He shot through a closed door. Typical Democrat who is too stupid to own a gun. He violated all the rules of firearms safety.


21 posted on 07/20/2016 8:40:13 AM PDT by AlaskaErik (I served and protected my country for 31 years. Progressives spent that time trying to destroy it.)
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Something like this happened in Louisiana years ago. IIRC, a drunk/high Japanese exchange student tried to break into a house where he thought a Halloween party was going on. Owner shot and killed him. The owner was cleared of any criminal charges but the civil suit totally destroyed him.


22 posted on 07/20/2016 8:45:57 AM PDT by Malone LaVeigh
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“Poor guy, will a Massachusetts jury convict him?”

Probably.


24 posted on 07/20/2016 8:50:51 AM PDT by mad_as_he$$
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This is why I advocate having large capable dogs.These idiots would think twice if a Rottweiler or German Shepherd was having a fit on the other side of the door.


28 posted on 07/20/2016 9:09:09 AM PDT by Farmer Dean (Never be more than two steps away from your weapon.)
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Jeffery Lovell, 42, called the police to report what he believed was a break-in in progress just before 1 p.m.

Was this at 1 PM or 1 AM? The youths were drunk and mistook a house in the middle of the day? Typo maybe? It makes a difference.

29 posted on 07/20/2016 9:13:06 AM PDT by Tenacious 1 (You couldn't pay me enough to be famous for being stupid!)
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PROCON wrote: "Poor guy, will a Massachusetts jury convict him?"

A conviction is likely if reports follow MassLive.com narrative:


30 posted on 07/20/2016 9:15:05 AM PDT by wtd
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Home invaders who knock and then break in anyway when the homeowner shouts a them through the closed door?


31 posted on 07/20/2016 9:17:29 AM PDT by Stingray51
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I hope not.


40 posted on 07/20/2016 9:25:33 AM PDT by little jeremiah (Half the truth is often a great lie. B. Franklin)
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