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Humor: The old rule was that the perp has to be IN THE HOME to support a "self-defense" defense for the homeowner. As a youngster I used to hear the adults say: if you shoot him on the back steps be sure to drag him into the kitchen before you call the cops.

[connectthedots]

In many states, a private citizen is allowed to use deadly force in the apprehension of a fleeing felon. The cops can't always do so.

[LizardQueen]

As a youngster I used to hear the adults say: if you shoot him on the back steps be sure to drag him into the kitchen before you call the cops.

A New York cop told my parents this, too, and I overheard it (I was about 10 and our house had just been broken into - we weren't home at the time).

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[redheadtoo]

drag him into the kitchen before you call the cops.

A woman once told me that she caught a man breaking into her apartment. He was struggling to climb into the window when she nailed him in the head with her cast iron frying pan. The man was knocked out and fell from her second story window to the ground.

She then went outside, dragged the man up the stairs into her apartment, and placed him by the window before calling the police.

When the cops arrived the man was beginning to stir. One of the cops pulled the woman aside and asked her if she had dragged the man into the apartment. She admitted that she had and his response was, "Good job!"