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Originally posted by Lets Go Jeepin':
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Originally posted by Jennifer:
Anyone can know the law, my point is WITHOUT all the details we don't know if the man used deadly force.
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I don't know what your problem is, I'm not "crying" about anything. Let me rephrase it for you, with the information given so far we don't know if deadly force was right or wrong. Happy now? A man shoots a thief on his property. Now all of a sudden he's a nutcase that went looking to kill somebody that day and lo and behold, lucky him, he found a victim in his henhouse. The property owner may well be a nutcase, but you can be sure the thief knew the man, and IF he still went sneaking around his property to steal something he took his chances. He's not dead, he well could be. So YOU cry about a freaking no good thief getting his butt shot, I sure won't. Even IF they send the man to jail it won't change the fact that the thief got what he deserved. The next time he goes to steal something someone might finish the job.
Your 'rephrasing' is exactly what I was talking about. Look back through this thread and count the number of folks that thought it was ok to shoot someone just for stealing. Momma always taught me
two wrongs dont make a right, thats what Im talking about here.
All you folks that think shooting someone for stealing or trespassing keep thinking that way. Think about it the next time you are broke down on the side of the road and walking up some strangers driveway for help. Maybe he wont think your trespassing to steal something. Maybe he wont start taking pot shots at you just because you are there and he dont think you should be.
I wouldn't shoot anyone for stealing, but if I had a gun, and walked in on someone robbing me, I most likely would shoot them, out of fear, not because they were stealing. Who knows what someone that has the nerve to come onto your property to rob you will do. My first reaction would be "holy s***", and if they charged at me instead of running away, yes I'd shoot them if I could. I won't go onto a stranger's property. I'd use my cell phone to call for help.
