Re: Joe Horn?
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You sure elwood? I'm thought you can shoot anyone that is trespassing, no?
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I would HIGHLY doubt it. Regardless, I wasn't answering for what the law is, I was answering for what it should be.
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Really? You dont think I should be able to use whatever force is necessary to stop someone from robbing me? Is that like just if he is taking the good silver, or no matter what material goods he is after? Am I allowed to maim him, just not kill him?
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It's really the Wild West around here. No you shouldn't be able to kill someone to stop them from robbing you. Obviously it's hard to put a price on human life, but surely it has to be more than your wallet or your tv set.
Of course, if someone's robbing you with more than his fists, you should be able to defend your safety, but that's a little different.
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I'm asking how much of my property I'm supposed to allow him to take if my only option is to kill him. All of it, is presumably your answer right?
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Does every thread have to become a fantasy island hypothetical?
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Seriously you cant imagine any way that could happen? Like, say I see him robbing me and he has a gun? My life isnt in danger because I could just leave. But there is no way I'm stopping him short of shooting him.
Its not a fantasy-land situation, but it wouldnt matter if it was. Someone is saying I can never kill someone to defend my property. I'm interested in testing the bounds of this. He made the specific comment "if they are stealing your TV" or something like that, which was unnecessarily dismissive. I'm interested in situations where they are taking more than my TV, even though I dont see any real distinction. Why didnt you jump on him for reducing my entire question to somehow being about protecting my TV?
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