[PeterFinn]

FREEP THE POLL!!!

"Do you think a Sacramento man should be charged for shooting at the young men who were trying to steal his car?"

So far:

Yes 26 votes 5% No 523 votes 94% Not Sure 9 votes 2%

[rocksblues]

“What we try to stress to people is that deadly force, the use of a firearm, is never justified under any circumstances to protect property,”
/S

[verum ago]

I know this isn't really a comment posting thread, but I feel compelled to point out the quote below for the danger it represents in potentially eroding 2nd amendment freedoms:

What we try to stress to people is that deadly force, the use of a firearm, is never justified under any circumstances to protect property

that's right, you can't defend your property now, or so they desire. Think about what this means.

[Oztrich Boy]

Man Accused Of Shooting Alleged Sacramento Car Thief

So. Nothing happened at all?

[Free State Four]

and confronted three alleged burglars.

And the police know what the intentions of these burglars were? How? Were they there?

[LibWhacker]

‘Course, if you’re a Sacramento Sheriff’s deputy you can use deadly force to protect your property in the middle of the night if, for instance, a car thief tries to steal your car. A sheriff’s deputy did just that last year a couple of miles from where this latest incident occurred. IIRC, the deputy left a gun in the glove box and when the car thief picked it up, deputy dawg opened fire, killing him. Would this trick work for your average Joe Blow citizen? I doubt it.

[Pistolshot]

Most jurisdictions have self defense defined as imminent danger to your person. Use of a firearm to protect personal property does not fall under any category where you can use deadly force.

Now, if you interrupt a thief stealing and he turns on you and you feel your life threatened, then you can use deadly force.

I believe the only crime you can shoot someone without a direct threat is arson, at least here in NM.

[tubebender]

Vote needed...

[metmom]

"What we try to stress to people is that deadly force, the use of a firearm, is never justified under any circumstances to protect property," said Sgt. Matt Young of the Sacramento Police Department.

Nope. If more people defended their property this way, there wouldn't be so many thefts.

This was a four on one situation. The guy had every excuse to use his shotgun. The other three left, didn't they? See, it worked.

Gotta love the poll results.

[Publius6961]

"What we try to stress to people is that deadly force, the use of a firearm, is never justified under any circumstances to protect property," said Sgt. Matt Young of the Sacramento Police Department.

If Sgt Matt Young worked for our local police dept., I would do all I could to encourage him to seek employment elsewhere.
East LA or Hunters Point sounds about right.

It's amazing how police departments decided, somewhere along the line that hiring them meant we gave up the right to defend ourselves and our property, and need to be meek victims and die quietly until they have time to answer the 911 call.

[perfect stranger]

I went to the page and found no poll.

[GoldCountryRedneck]

Follow-up: Radio KFBK (Sacramento) talk show host Tom Sullivan made a big deal of this earlier today. He not only got (on the air) a Bail Bondsman to bail the guy out, but had several criminal attorneys vying for the opportunity to defend him!

I wish CA had the Texas-style "Castle-Doctrine" laws. It will be quite awhile, if ever, but cases such as this bring the problem to focus.

With the crime that illegals bring to this state, we definitely need the 2nd Amendment-style of crime solution.

[dynachrome]

94% no. Poll link is underneath the video at the site.

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[pissant]

Pathetic. Give this man a medal for shooting the vermin.

[Enterprise]

Choice Votes Percentage of 1170 Votes

Yes 56 5%

No 1102 94%

Not Sure 12 1%

[WashingtonStateRepublican]

Do you think a Sacramento man should be charged for shooting at the young men who were trying to steal his car?
Choice Votes Percentage of 1380 Votes
Yes 61 4%
No 1303 94%
Not Sure 16 1%

[NotJustAnotherPrettyFace]

I voted a resounding NO!!!!!! (If they'd had a "HELL NO!" response, I would have voted that way. :-)

Current Results:

Do you think a Sacramento man should be charged for shooting at the young men who were trying to steal his car?

Choice Votes Percentage of 1582 Votes
Yes 67 4%
No 1498 95%
Not Sure 17 1%

[stevio]

Bump.

[Smokin' Joe]

Do you think a Sacramento man should be charged for shooting at the young men who were trying to steal his car?
Choice Votes Percentage of 1599 Votes
Yes 68 4%
No 1514 95%
Not Sure 17 1%

[PeterFinn]

WE WON!!!! In part because of the results of this Freeped poll the Sacramento County District Attorney has dropped all charges!!!! GOOD JOB, FREEPERS!!!!

[NotJustAnotherPrettyFace]

Current results:

Do you think a Sacramento man should be charged for shooting at the young men who were trying to steal his car?
Choice Votes Percentage of 2564 Votes
Yes 145 6%
No 2380 93%
Not Sure 39 2%