[Balding_Eagle]

A few years back, there was a case in Colorado Springs where a boyfriend started pounding on the front door of a ?former? girlfriend during daylight hours. She ran upstairs, leaned out of a window and shouted at him to stop, when he opened the screen door (he did not reach the next door) she blasted him.

It took a fairly long investigation, because he was outside of the house itself, but she was not charged. Her position was that she was in fear for her safety.

[Dog Gone]

You have to be REASONABLY in fear for your safety in Colorado and can use deadly force ONLY if a lesser degree of force is inadequate.

In no way do the facts of this case justify deadly force under Colorado law.

The girls knocked and ran.

Even if the homeowner was startled, there was no reasonable fear for her safety. We don't even have to discuss whether a lesser use of force was justified. The girls ran.

Had this witch used deadly force, she'd face murder charges under the undisputed facts in this case.

[flada]

Your case is a bit different. There's a guy on the woman's porch who is trying to force entry. She warned him to stop. I wouldn't be surprised if he had a history of violence which she used to validate her claims of "fear for her safety."

The Durango story is missing all of these elements.