[1rudeboy]

You'd shoot someone for enforcing their property rights? Are you on the right forum? As for that "17th Century law," I can tell you that, as of the late 1990's, Indiana had a similar one on the books.

[EggsAckley]

You'd shoot someone for enforcing their property rights?

Another "why bother to read the article" poster.

FYI, the victim was NOT trying to enforce his property rights, he was destroying the fences of the lawyer.

[Poohbah]

The final confrontation between the two men came April 19, when Mr. Brooks ventured onto Mr. Ames' property to again retrieve his bull. Mr. Dick said Mr. Ames was forced to defend himself when Mr. Brooks "came at him with a sizable stick or cattle prod."

Next door, Frances Hurt heard the shots -- "one, then a hesitation, then five in a row," she said. "I had no idea what had happened. My first thought was, 'That's odd, it's not hunting season.' "

Six rounds at a guy armed with either a stick or a cattleprod (odd that he can't remember which one it was). First one round, then five rapid shots...

This doesn't quite pass my smell test.

[wardaddy]

You read the article....Ames is an a$$hole and he wasted an old man with 6 shots who may have had a stick or cattle prod in his hand.

Are you sure you're on the right forum where you think it's cool to justify all that with archiac "property rights" law.

What if Bill Gates moves in and builds a 1000 dollar per foot fence around his spread, would all his neighbors have to share the fence costs?

Are you a blind law follower no matter how absurd or outdated it might be?

If guns are outlawed, are you going to obey that one?