Re: Only in America! ? (was ... Re: sudo and UNIXes
On 10/31/2013 05:02 PM, John Hasler wrote:
> Chris Bannister writes:
>> So you could shoot kids in halloween costumes for illegally being on
>> your property?
>
> If you catch them in your bedroom rifling through your underwear,
> maybe. There is no state in the union where the mere fact that someone
> was trespassing is a valid murder defense.
>
In many (most?) states, you are only justified in using deadly force if
you are threatened with bodily harm to yourself or your family.
If you catch someone going thru your underwear drawer, the most you
can do is either try to restrain or immobilize the culprit or call
the police, and the second would be necessary anyway if the first is
successful.
--doug
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