First duty is to yourself (No duty to retreat)

PITTSBURGH TRIBUNE-REVIEW ^ | February 5, 2006 | Dimitri Vassilaros

[Stashiu]

Trespassers will be shot, survivors will be prosecuted.

[MineralMan]

Regardless of the law, I would never, ever retreat in my own home. Someone breaking into my home will hear two things before he dies. The first will be the action operating on my Remington 870. The second will be the report of the first round being fired. He will not hear the next round.

I'm protecting myself, but I'm protecting my wife even more.

Police officers breaking into my home (I don't know why they would ever do that) must announce themselves loudly in order not to be mistaken for a common burglar or home invasion robber.

[stuartcr]

That's the way it should be. I would never shoot anyone inside my home if he were just stealing something and not presenting a danger to life.

[corlorde]

I like the cut of your jib.

[MineralMan]

"I would never shoot anyone inside my home if he were just stealing something and not presenting a danger to life.
"

Really? And you know the person's intentions how exactly in a darkened home? You know that the person is unarmed? You know that he means you no harm?

I advise that you rethink this position, just in case. Of course, if you are not armed in your home, or your firearms are locked away and not immediately accessible, it's a moot point, anyhow. I suspect that to be the case.

[butternut_squash_bisque]

"Trespassers will be shot, survivors will be prosecuted."

Trespassers will be shot, survivors will be shot again. There, that's better, S.

[Uncledave]

Retreating is what I'll be doing when I go into the kitchen to grab 2 fingers of single malt to calm my nerves after I've shot (until he/she quits moving) an intruder found on the inside of my abode.

Ya might not want the sherrif to smell whisky on your breath

[alfa6]

There was a celebrasted case in Iowa in the mid 1960s where a property owner set a spring gun aka "Booby Trap" in an unoccupied dwelling in order to catch burglar(s). He did and was pronptly sued and lost as I recall.

Two problems with the property owners actions:
1) It is illegal in Iowa and most other states, as well, to set up spring guns aka "Booby Traps"
2) The house was not occupied at the time.

Perhaps this is what you were thinking about,eh?

Regards

alfa6 ;>}

[stuartcr]

The cost to repair the hole in my house after a .44 goes thru him, and the cost of the cleaning bill, and the tv that broke when he dropped it, and the time off work for legal issues, far outweighs what I have in my house that could be stolen.

Besides, as I said, if there were no danger to life, whatever I have in my home that could be stolen, is not worth a human life. That is not to say, that I would not have my weapon trained on him, as one is always near the bed.

[King Prout]

good good good.
one of the things I miss about living in Louisiana - someone sets one toe across your property line, you can pwn him if you so desire.
here in GA, it is the "threshhold" of the home.

[Cobra64]

You're dreaming. Forensics would pick up the blood trail in a nanosecond.

[MamaTexan]

Most people don't understand the difference between a statute and a law.

No statute can override the lawful actions of a person defending himself on his own property.

[freedom moose]

Does anyone know what states have "duty to retreat" statutes?
Luckily for you we're not a state, but avoid Spain. Intruders have all the rights here. I'd still shoot one anyway.

[DumpsterDiver]

The law allows the victim to shoot back without fear of being prosecuted for being overzealous about protecting his life.

In my world it is not possible to be overzealous when protecting a life.

[King Prout]

all theives of individual's property should be killed.

in stealing a material possession or money from an individual, they rob the victim of portions of life: that portion of life traded to acquire the possession or money, and that portion of life to be traded to replace it.

time is the one resource you can never replace, and never know how much you have left until you zero your account.

anyone who takes time from me in that manner is a dead man.

[tx_eggman]

Besides, as I said, if there were no danger to life, whatever I have in my home that could be stolen, is not worth a human life. That is not to say, that I would not have my weapon trained on him, as one is always near the bed.

So, you let him rob you and leave ... and at his next stop down the street he rapes or kills someone.

No harm, no foul, right?

Would you kill a poisonous snake in your yard?

[chimera]

Well, I did say you'd have to be a little careful about the blood trail. Lighten up, Francine...

[Cobra64]

The first will be the action operating on my Remington 870.

Not me. Too cumbersome. Buy a Sig P226 .40 S&W with laser grips. Much more effective at short range.

http://sigarms.com/products/newproducts.asp

[stuartcr]

We are obviously different. A material possesion can be replaced, a life cannot. My tv is not a portion of my life, that is worth killing over.

[Squantos]

Thanks !