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To: Talisker
Stoll said the law does not allow people to use deadly force, even in their own homes, unless the intruder is committing a felony.

Agree, but using the line above, if two thugs kick in your door with guns in their hands and are just standing there, they have not yet committed a felony per se, so it is not okay to shoot them under the law they are citing?
8 posted on 08/08/2009 5:12:40 AM PDT by Red in Blue PA (If guns cause crime, then all of mine are defective!)
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To: Red in Blue PA

Kicking in the door would equal a felony to me.


11 posted on 08/08/2009 5:15:35 AM PDT by tgusa (Gun control: deep breath, sight alignment, squeeze the trigger ....)
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To: Red in Blue PA

Correct. A police officer told me once that under that scenario he would shoot them anyway, then drag the corpses inside the door! What can I say — that’s Oregon.


18 posted on 08/08/2009 5:28:22 AM PDT by SatinDoll (NO Foreign Nationals as our President!!)
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To: Red in Blue PA

if two thugs kick in your door with guns in their hands and are just standing there,

Breaking and entering is a felony!


30 posted on 08/08/2009 6:25:52 AM PDT by chainsaw (If you think health care is expensive now, wait until you see what it costs when it's free! -- P.J..)
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To: Red in Blue PA
...using the line above, if two thugs kick in your door with guns in their hands and are just standing there, they have not yet committed a felony per se, so it is not okay to shoot them under the law they are citing?

Them standing there don't mean squat - kicking in your door is felonius assault and immanent threat, and them being armed just doubles it down. Blast away.

51 posted on 08/08/2009 7:15:48 PM PDT by Talisker (When you find a turtle on top of a fence post, you can be damn sure it didn't get there on it's own.)
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To: Red in Blue PA
Agree, but using the line above, if two thugs kick in your door with guns in their hands and are just standing there, they have not yet committed a felony per se, so it is not okay to shoot them under the law they are citing?

I don't know which state laws you are referring to but it looks like they have already committed multiple felonies to me.

64 posted on 08/11/2009 5:47:50 PM PDT by ColdWater
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