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Alleged Intruder in Critical Condition After Female Homeowner Opens Fire
Breitbart ^ | 10/16/2023 | AWR HAWKINS

Posted on 10/16/2023 9:50:45 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27

An alleged intruder in Hollywood Hills, California, is in critical condition after a female homeowner opened fire on him Sunday around 9:30 p.m.

The woman saw the alleged intruder in her backyard and saw him allegedly make his way to a back door and try to enter the home, FOX 11 reported.

The woman asked the alleged intruder stop but he refused to comply. The woman said he kept reaching into his pocket, leading her to believe he had a weapon, so she opened fire on him.

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KEYWORDS: banglist; female; fire; homeowner; intruder
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To: circlecity

> Where can you retreat to if you are in your own home? The closet? <

My state now has the Castle Doctrine, which gives a person enhanced legal protections when he is in his own home.

Before that, we were a “duty to retreat” state. Years ago, a homeowner shot a guy who was breaking through his house’s front door. The homeowner was convicted of a felony because he was supposed to retreat through the back door.


21 posted on 10/16/2023 10:35:57 AM PDT by Leaning Right (The steal is real.)
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To: Graybeard58

One of the most over used words in the English language:

“Alleged”
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You can thank plaintiffs attorneys for that.


22 posted on 10/16/2023 10:36:54 AM PDT by House Atreides (I’m now ULTRA-MAGA. -PRO-MAX)
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To: MDLION

“Alleged” .... Dictionary says “Represented as existing or as being as described but not so proved”. By that definition, we could say “Alleged President Joe Biden”


23 posted on 10/16/2023 10:39:07 AM PDT by shooter223 (the government should fear the citizens......not the other way around)
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To: Melinda in TN

“She should have sat in the dark (unseen) with the gun ready for him to open the door and then blasted him. That’s the law here anyway.”

pretty much how the Colorado Castle Doctrine law is written, too ... uninvited intruders inside are totally fair game ... after a couple of failed test cases when the law was first passed, LEOs don’t even bother anymore going after the homeowners being intruded upon ... they just say “shooting justified” ...


24 posted on 10/16/2023 10:39:36 AM PDT by catnipman (A Vote For The Lesser Of Two Evils Still Counts As A Vote For Evil)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

[[The woman asked the alleged intruder stop]]

The editor “Allegedly” Forgot to include the missing word “to”


25 posted on 10/16/2023 10:45:14 AM PDT by Bob434
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To: ChicagoConservative27

A little vague about whether he entered the home, or tried to enter the home. I would think that might be a sticking point.
If he made it through the door, he became a threat to her life, no doubt. If he just tried the door handle, but didn’t enter, she could be in for trouble.


26 posted on 10/16/2023 10:50:08 AM PDT by Fireone (Who killed Obama's chef?)
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To: Leaning Right

I hate to be a “good shoot” nerd, in my State you can shoot outdoors “within the curtilage” of your home, but probably not in California.

IOW, if she shot through a closed door, she’s going to have a problem, if he got the door open, probably not.


27 posted on 10/16/2023 10:50:11 AM PDT by Jim Noble (They have taken untold millions that they never toiled to earn)
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To: catnipman

That’s how it works here. I’m back in the hills of rural TN. If we call the law, it takes 45 minutes for them to get here if they aren’t already in the area. They always say, “if they get in before we get there, shoot them”.


28 posted on 10/16/2023 10:50:35 AM PDT by Melinda in TN
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Why isn’t the homeowner “alleged” to have shot the intruder? Do I see biased reporting? No can’t be everyone knows the press is fair.


29 posted on 10/16/2023 10:54:44 AM PDT by from occupied ga (Your government is your most dangerous enemy - EVs a solution for which there is no problem)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

My advice to the woman is lawyer up and don’t say a word.


30 posted on 10/16/2023 11:00:44 AM PDT by Rummyfan (In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized of man)
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To: canuck_conservative

If the intruder is gay, then that trumps the black homeowner.


31 posted on 10/16/2023 11:04:42 AM PDT by 17th Miss Regt ( )
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To: ChicagoConservative27

I LUV GOOD GUN CONTROL...... we need way more of this! ...imho


32 posted on 10/16/2023 11:19:07 AM PDT by high info voter (Delivery )
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To: ChicagoConservative27
Alleged "news" reports … allegedly.

33 posted on 10/16/2023 11:21:38 AM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie (Lord, grant thy people grace to withstand the temptations of the world, the flesh, and the devil.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

RE: Ten bucks says the home owner gets pinched for the gun and does jail time. Its California..

To Californian FReepers: Sympathy for your good guy inhibitions which make you tolerate the bad ones. Behind enemy lines.


34 posted on 10/16/2023 11:32:31 AM PDT by frank ballenger (“My job is to inform, not to convince.” St. Bernadette Soubirous )
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To: Melinda in TN

“She should have sat in the dark (unseen) with the gun ready for him to open the door and then blasted him. That’s the law here anyway.”

If she sticks to this:

“The woman said he kept reaching into his pocket, leading her to believe he had a weapon”

that’s a game changer. In a self defense situation you can say really stupid stuff, or really smart stuff. That’s really smart.


35 posted on 10/16/2023 11:35:38 AM PDT by suthener
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Suckers Bet, she most likely will be charged. Generally in California, the intruder has to actually ENTER your home before you can legally use deadly force. I live here and that’s the way it is, I tell everyone just wait til he crosses the threshold, then have at it.


36 posted on 10/16/2023 12:22:57 PM PDT by eyeamok
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To: Melinda in TN

If I’ve read the law correctly, here in Texas after dark if you even SUSPECT that someone is on your property intending to commit a felony level crime, you can blast away.
During daylight hours we have to follow the Castle Doctrine. Of course it depends on what county you’re in how aggressively that is enforced. Where I am I expect local law enforcement would call any dead perp a good shoot.


37 posted on 10/16/2023 12:25:56 PM PDT by Skid289 (In theory, theory and practice are the same. In practice, they are not. )
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To: Skid289

In TN, the local Sheriff is the law of the land, pretty much.

When I was younger, I lived way back in the mountains with a toddler. Three men pulled up but a stray dog I had taken in wouldn’t let them out of the truck. I called the Sheriff to ask if he knew who the hunting dog belonged to and he said yes. When he showed up with the owner of the dog, he asked me about the men. After I described them, he told me that if they came back and got out of the truck to shoot them dead. I mentioned the law about them being in the house first and he said to shoot them anyway and he’d have his ‘boys’ come drag them in and write a report. A lot of what happens depends on the Sheriff.


38 posted on 10/16/2023 12:33:23 PM PDT by Melinda in TN
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Allegedly, the alleged woman allegedly saw the alleged intruder in her alleged backyard and allegedly saw him allegedly make his alleged way to an alleged back door and allegedly try to allegedly enter the alleged home, alleged FOX 11 allegedly reported.

Thought the story needed more cowbell...


39 posted on 10/16/2023 1:51:18 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: null and void

allegedly null and allegedly void

It’s like Schrödinger’s Cat....


40 posted on 10/16/2023 1:54:00 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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