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ClydeFrog · July 13, 2013, 10:15 PM

In my state & in many other juristdictions, you can use lethal force to defend yourself and/or others but you can't use lethal force to protect your property.
For example, if you wake up and hear strange noises, go down to your living room & see a crook holding your HDTV you can't shoot him. If you yell; "GET OUT!" & they flee, you can't open up & shoot them down as they run.

Id review the incident in OK City of the small business owner & USAF veteran who shot 2 young stick-up men.
The shop owner/pharmacist was convicted for shooting the robbers partly due to the fact that he used excessive force(shooting the wounded subject repeatedly).
He's now in prison because he didnt follow OK state laws, re: guns/lethal force.

July 13, 2013, 10:15 PM	#30
ClydeFrog Junior member Join Date: May 1, 2010 Posts: 5,797	Property.... In my state & in many other juristdictions, you can use lethal force to defend yourself and/or others but you can't use lethal force to protect your property. For example, if you wake up and hear strange noises, go down to your living room & see a crook holding your HDTV you can't shoot him. If you yell; "GET OUT!" & they flee, you can't open up & shoot them down as they run. Id review the incident in OK City of the small business owner & USAF veteran who shot 2 young stick-up men. The shop owner/pharmacist was convicted for shooting the robbers partly due to the fact that he used excessive force(shooting the wounded subject repeatedly). He's now in prison because he didnt follow OK state laws, re: guns/lethal force.