Posted on 09/14/2023 9:13:37 PM PDT by Beave Meister
A homeowner shot a home intruder a second time after the intruder appeared to taunt the owner over the first gunshot wound he sustained, Georgia police said.
Fayette County Sheriff Barry Babb told WAGA-TV that the incident unfolded at a residence on Thursday when the homeowner called police about an intruder. At the same time, the home's alarm company was alerting the police about an intruder.
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Ask and ye shall receive.
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The criminal lived. The homeowner needs a bigger caliber gun and/or some firearms training.
At least he didn’t have to ask twice.
It’s a terrible thing, to be forced to take a life, even in a case like this.
Worked out to the best for the homeowner in this case. Defended his family, and he won’t have that *weight* to carry.
It never really goes away.
Homeowner likely going to be charged with attempted manslaughter...
He should’ve at least made that his third wish.
Maybe...if the intruder was not armed then doubtful....
Really? If you shoot someone in self-defense of you and your family, that should be clear heart and conscious. I realize society says we should feel guilt and remorse, but seriously? If it is you and your family versus a criminal, you shoot and be done with it. I’ve never been in that situation, hopefully never will be, but I’d like to think I’d sleep well and untroubled if I had to defend myself or my family.
Gotta give the people what they want !
Do I get a Big Louisiana “CHOOT ‘EM !!!” ?
Considering some 4% of murders are committed with hands and feet...not necessarily.
Watch video provided by the alarm company — hang the homeowner. Too much to go wrong there.
Well really you should always shoot to kill. This guy/gal missed twice...smh
“....A homeowner shot a home intruder a second time after the intruder appeared to taunt the owner over the first gunshot wound he sustained, Georgia police said......”
I don’t know about the laws in Georgia, but the “use of deadly force laws” in Washington State would likely see me in jail, if I did and said that.
Generally speaking, you are allowed to use deadly force if a “reasonable person” feels that their life is in immediate danger, the life or safety of another, or sometimes property (but not always).
The issue hear should be if the homeowner felt his life was in immediate danger the second time he shot the burglar or if there was a castle doctrine.
If it were me, I would not have told the police he begged for the second bullet, I would have said I shot and shot again, until I felt there was no longer a threat to my life and told myself that his statement was really a threat that made me fear for my life and the life of my family.
The laws on the use of deadly force are all technicalities and have nothing to do with justice, fairness, or common sense.
My dog loves the smell of burglar blood.
I am sorry, but in most states, that is not how the “use of deadly force” laws work.
Be careful, you might find yourself in jail for your beliefs.
Self defense is not what you may think it is.
Self-defense is a set of legal technicalities, based on what past cases have decided and what a “reasonable man” would have done. Note that self defense does not automatically include the use of deadly force. Most statutes only allow the use of proportional force in self defense. The use of deadly force is reserved for only a few self defense situations. The legal use of deadly force laws are even more restrictive.
I dont have qualms about defending myself or others close to me and possibly meaning an attacker dies. Not at all.
They have no qualms about murdering me. Thats far worse. They have no issue in unjustly killing someone. So I have no issue in justly killing such a person.
Hogwash!
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