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His Father shot Him as He was trying to get into the House through an open Window. In this case the Soldier was at fault. Out here in CA the Law allows People to come to your Front Door for legitimate reasons. If they are somewhere else on Your property there is gray area in the law. If you come to someone's front door and are agitated, panicky and Tongue Tied; even if for a good reason; you are leaving it up to the Person behind the Door to decide if you are a threat to them or not. Suppose I was in a Car accident and had no Cell Phone and My Family is trapped in a Burning Car. I run over to the closest House and pound on the door but no one answers. I see a Telephone on a Table inside of the House so I bust a Window so I can get in to get at the Phone. In the process the Home Owner Shoots Me because He thinks I am breaking into His/Her House. Now, let us change the story a little but instead it is a real Burglar that breaks the Window. He confronts the Homeowner and gives Him a BS story that He was just in a Traffic Accident. The armed Homeowner accepts the story and lets His guard down and gets His ass kicked or dies.
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There's a big gap between what the law permits and what's morally OK to do. Shooting someone in your backyard that's not obviously armed or breaking into your property does not fall under the latter category, IMHO.
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What is clear to Me is that People under stress do not have the same thought process as they do when not stressed.
The next thing is that People under stress react differently. As the other member said we come in after the fact and point out the mistakes.
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If I lived out in the country and saw someone in my back yard at 4 am, I might sleep with a gun close at hand (assuming I owned out), but no way would I fire a weapon at someone whose intentions are not clear to me. Doing so seems like going for a drive at 60 mph with no headlights along an unlit road at night. |
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Monday Morning Quarterbacking is easy but again, it is dark out there. Who knows who or what is out there? It might be a harmless person or a raving lunatic pushing a ruse to get in. Who wants to be sure the hard way?
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So, if you're worried ... DON'T LET THEM IN! Why fire a gun at someone whose intentions are unclear?
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But can one afford to wait till he has his hands round your neck? I wouldn't. If he advances towards me, I'm not going to wait till he identifies himself as "friend or foe".
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You think this is the supposed tale of Dracula who cannot enter a locked facility? You sure he cannot bust in? Oh wait, the cops YOU HAVE ALWAYS LOOKED DOWN ON will come to your rescue.
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If he starts busting in, THEN you resort to firearms. Till then, why not observe cautiously?
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Again, if you want to wait till it is there and think you are fast and good enough to repel the threat AND you are, fine. Why should others risk their lives for someone else? NFW would I ask you to stick your neck out so why would you ask me to stick mine out for you? There might be times that a second more or less could mean I walk or I lie there. Why wouldn't I want every opportunity to stay alive? Who are you to me?
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Stand your ground has nothing to do with range, if you pop someone far off your still in trouble. Must be an imminent threat. They allow people who have legit shoots to not lose everything defending it.
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It does matter in those cases, people have gotten their lives ruined in states without them. You will win the case but it will cost you $100k or more to do it.
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solution isn't necessarily SYG laws, but "loser pays attorney fees" in criminal cases.
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SYG's prevent DA's from ever bringing these to court.
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