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Originally Posted by Zeraph
Good points. I'm pretty much my own alarm system though. Honestly its almost like I have a 6th sense for danger. I've avoided so much conflict throughout my life (high school had gang wars...)
Still, there's a small part of me that wanted to take care of that burglar so he wouldn't be able to hurt anyone else. I'm sure he would have just ran though and I don't think I could shoot him in the back. But my question is should I have? Would it have been for the greater good? What if that was a murder/rapist that I let go? That's on me now.  |
Well,
From the cases I read regarding self-defense and justified shootings, the Castle doctrine becomes null when you shoot an intruder in the back (depends on state and case law, I suppose). You do remember Tennessee vs. Garner, right? The police officer who shot the escaping child & burglar who stole like, $10 of goods?
Perhaps I'm overly cautious, but, as a responsible gun owner I'm sure you know, you [ideally] don't shoot until you have a clear target ID. What if this was the neighbors kid? I wouldn't push something to confrontation, unless I had to, especially in a society with a hair trigger for litigation.