10-25-2022, 04:01 PM
(10-24-2022, 10:55 PM)JasonBlack Wrote:(10-24-2022, 07:43 PM)Eric the Green Wrote: Burglary is not a capital crime, and it is illegal for you to set yourself up as judge, jury and executioner.You clearly aren't from The South. Most of us have Castle Doctrine, and in the places that don't, you'd be hard press to find a law enforcement or court system willing to charge you.
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So....yes, if you are obviously breaking into and attacking my property, you bet your ass I am judge, jury and executioner. Would I do it in practice? Probably (especially if he didn't really look dangerous), but if there was any risk of life....hell yeah I would shoot him. If nothing else I'd get him in the leg or something. There is a reason why the United States has way less burglaries than the UK, in spite of having otherwise much higher crime. Deterrence works. It's the same reason we've been able to prevent nuclear war for so long (let's hope it stays that way. a lot of hothead politicians really need to chill right about now because they send all their sons, nephews and grandsons off to die).
Edit: for clarification, I would have to know they were trespassing deliberately and it was in my place of residence. For example, it's common for children to accidentally wonder onto someone's property while wondering through the woods. Likewise, I would definitely remove a hobo from my land if he were squatting in some shed in the back, but that's a completely different class of crime. Breaking into an actual residence is an act of overt aggression. Trying to sleep somewhere or accidentally wandering in are not.
The South is perhaps (and very likely) the worst place by any measure in the developed world. It has the worst stats on all measures of any region in the USA, and the USA itself has the worst stats on all measures of any developed country. Many places in the South are as bad as the worst third world countries. No, I am not from the South, and I would not even visit there. I'd be taking my life in my hands. No thanks Dixie.