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It would be perfectly justifiable to use a considerable level of non-deadly force to stop this guy, in most places.
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Yes indeed.
My comment about not pointing a gun pertained to Missouri, where scottashulz lives. It applies in a lot of places, including Arizona, to name one.
One can use reasonable physical force to protect property in Missouri, but there's no protection against civil liability when you do that.
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In NY state, preventing a trespasser from leaving your property by use of force is legal.
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Interesting. In most places you cannot prevent a trespasser from leaving, the reason being that such an act defeats the purpose of the law against trespassing.