07-12-2018, 12:53 AM
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Originally posted by Gdhsquare
You are solely responsible to protect your life and your property, not the police. Police only enforce the laws. Stop relying on the police, especially in a place where it is nearly impossible for police to respond in time to help you. You have every Constitutional right to stand your ground. Stop being weak about this. Someone comes onto your property uninvited with intentions to do harm, ventilate them. Make them go out with more holes they came in with. Does anyone here really care about meth heads and perps?
Shooting a bum or two has some atavistic allure but come on, this is ridiculous advice.
"In general", as you say. OK, in general if you're physically on your property then there's basically no problem because 99.9% of time thieves will recognize a presence and stay away, regardless of whether you're as macho as Rambo and armed to the teeth or just another emaciated Puna pacifist with dick in hand.
"Intentions to do harm"- That's where your approach fails in those other .1% occasions. Clearly the intention of a thief is to rob you. That is not considered bodily "harm" in the eyes of the law. So, you shoot them and there's an excellent chance you go to prison.
A good trade off for a moment of catharsis? Not for me.