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Originally posted by smurph:
okay,I got that ,,but what if your house has been broken into by an intruder and after the fact you have shot them it is discovered they had no weapons on them,,what happens then?
I ask this because most people when awaken suddenly in the middle of the night realizing someone is in their house is making decisions with a groggy brain


If you reasonably believe you are in danger, it doesn't matter if they have a weapon or not.

In the craft of self defense, it's described as impersonating a duck. If it walks like a duck, has feathers like a duck, a bill like a duck, and webbed feet like a duck, and you shoot it, but it turns out to be a goose, it's guilty of impersonating a duck in duck season.

If the bad guy makes you think he's there to do you harm, then that's a reasonable fear. Regardless of whether he's armed or not.

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