what is your neighbor is being threatened
12-07-2007, 09:03 AM
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Giant Nontypical
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what is your neighbor is being threatened
OK i have seen alot of post about people breaking in to your house
but what if it is 10 at night your out side and you hear your neighbor tells in his wife your dead i will kill you.
one lets say your armed with a handgun and she runs out falls out and he is chasing her with a kitchen knife . can you legally shoot him since you are not in danger and he and she is not on your property .
2 lets say the same thing happens but there in there house and the door is open .
3 what if she runs on your land and he follows.
I saw were a guy shot a criminal breaking into his neighbors truck and they locked him up
but what if it is 10 at night your out side and you hear your neighbor tells in his wife your dead i will kill you.
one lets say your armed with a handgun and she runs out falls out and he is chasing her with a kitchen knife . can you legally shoot him since you are not in danger and he and she is not on your property .
2 lets say the same thing happens but there in there house and the door is open .
3 what if she runs on your land and he follows.
I saw were a guy shot a criminal breaking into his neighbors truck and they locked him up
12-07-2007, 09:49 AM
#2
Spike
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Cental Wisconsin
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RE: what is your neighbor is being threatened
I order to use deadly force you would have to prove that your life was in danger or threatened. Even if you are found innocent the cost of legal fees and potential lawsuits could break you. Get a copy of the NRA Guide to the Basics of personal protection in the home. Read it, then Read it again! Remember you can't take it back if you shoot someone.
12-07-2007, 09:59 AM
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RE: what is your neighbor is being threatened
Exactly..when I took the concealed carry course, they made it very clear that it was for your protection only...Not to protect others...Remember, even if a crook enters your house and is leaving with your TV, you can't shoot him in the back to stop him...
Now, if you intervened and were then attacked, that's a different story...
Now, if you intervened and were then attacked, that's a different story...
12-07-2007, 10:27 AM
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Dominant Buck
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RE: what is your neighbor is being threatened
ORIGINAL: bigtim6656
OK i have seen alot of post about people breaking in to your house
but what if it is 10 at night your out side and you hear your neighbor tells in his wife your dead i will kill you.
one lets say your armed with a handgun and she runs out falls out and he is chasing her with a kitchen knife . can you legally shoot him since you are not in danger and he and she is not on your property .
2 lets say the same thing happens but there in there house and the door is open .
3 what if she runs on your land and he follows.
I saw were a guy shot a criminal breaking into his neighbors truck and they locked him up
OK i have seen alot of post about people breaking in to your house
but what if it is 10 at night your out side and you hear your neighbor tells in his wife your dead i will kill you.
one lets say your armed with a handgun and she runs out falls out and he is chasing her with a kitchen knife . can you legally shoot him since you are not in danger and he and she is not on your property .
2 lets say the same thing happens but there in there house and the door is open .
3 what if she runs on your land and he follows.
I saw were a guy shot a criminal breaking into his neighbors truck and they locked him up
12-07-2007, 10:33 AM
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Boone & Crockett
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: The Republic of Texas
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RE: what is your neighbor is being threatened
ORIGINAL: Rebel Hog
*911
*911
I think some of you guys are wrong. It's not just protection of yourself. You can shoot to protect someone else who is in imminent danger of death or great bodily injury.
12-07-2007, 10:35 AM
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RE: what is your neighbor is being threatened
911 is not as quick as it needs to be
when i was 13 two 18 year old teen agers who wonted to beat the crap out of me started hitting my mom and when i called 11 it took them 20 mins to get to my house 2 miles from the police station all they had to do was drive 2 Miles since i lived on the same road the station was on.
wether it is legal or not not sure i could stand there on the phone with 911 and watch someone be killed my defense would be i thought he would kill me since i was a witness
when i was 13 two 18 year old teen agers who wonted to beat the crap out of me started hitting my mom and when i called 11 it took them 20 mins to get to my house 2 miles from the police station all they had to do was drive 2 Miles since i lived on the same road the station was on.
wether it is legal or not not sure i could stand there on the phone with 911 and watch someone be killed my defense would be i thought he would kill me since i was a witness
ORIGINAL: Rebel Hog
*911
ORIGINAL: bigtim6656
OK i have seen alot of post about people breaking in to your house
but what if it is 10 at night your out side and you hear your neighbor tells in his wife your dead i will kill you.
one lets say your armed with a handgun and she runs out falls out and he is chasing her with a kitchen knife . can you legally shoot him since you are not in danger and he and she is not on your property .
2 lets say the same thing happens but there in there house and the door is open .
3 what if she runs on your land and he follows.
I saw were a guy shot a criminal breaking into his neighbors truck and they locked him up
OK i have seen alot of post about people breaking in to your house
but what if it is 10 at night your out side and you hear your neighbor tells in his wife your dead i will kill you.
one lets say your armed with a handgun and she runs out falls out and he is chasing her with a kitchen knife . can you legally shoot him since you are not in danger and he and she is not on your property .
2 lets say the same thing happens but there in there house and the door is open .
3 what if she runs on your land and he follows.
I saw were a guy shot a criminal breaking into his neighbors truck and they locked him up
12-07-2007, 10:42 AM
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RE: what is your neighbor is being threatened
I think some of you guys are wrong. It's not just protection of yourself. You can shoot to protect someone else who is in imminent danger of death or great bodily injury.
Nope, not wrong...We specifically asked about this situation...Like I said, if he comes after you, it's a different situation...
Another example...Say he is in your garage, in your car and stealing it...Can you stop him????
12-07-2007, 10:53 AM
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Boone & Crockett
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RE: what is your neighbor is being threatened
I think some of you guys are wrong. It's not just protection of yourself. You can shoot to protect someone else who is in imminent danger of death or great bodily injury.
Nope, not wrong...We specifically asked about this situation...Like I said, if he comes after you, it's a different situation...
Another example...Say he is in your garage, in your car and stealing it...Can you stop him????
So, you're saying that in NC, you've got to sit back and watch while someone repeatedly stabs your wife and children and you can't shoot until he actually comes at YOU. That's quite simply the most moronic thing I've ever heard.
Once again. GOD BLESS TEXAS!
12-07-2007, 10:56 AM
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RE: what is your neighbor is being threatened
I don't know about other states, but in WV you can use deadly force if someone else's life in in danger. I'd be shocked if it wasn't like that in all states. So if you're watching someone shoot a group of school children, you can only watch it happen or run for help???
12-07-2007, 10:59 AM
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RE: what is your neighbor is being threatened
OK i have seen alot of post about people breaking in to your house
but what if it is 10 at night your out side and you hear your neighbor tells in his wife your dead i will kill you.
one lets say your armed with a handgun and she runs out falls out and he is chasing her with a kitchen knife . can you legally shoot him since you are not in danger and he and she is not on your property .
2 lets say the same thing happens but there in there house and the door is open .
3 what if she runs on your land and he follows.
I saw were a guy shot a criminal breaking into his neighbors truck and they locked him up
but what if it is 10 at night your out side and you hear your neighbor tells in his wife your dead i will kill you.
one lets say your armed with a handgun and she runs out falls out and he is chasing her with a kitchen knife . can you legally shoot him since you are not in danger and he and she is not on your property .
2 lets say the same thing happens but there in there house and the door is open .
3 what if she runs on your land and he follows.
I saw were a guy shot a criminal breaking into his neighbors truck and they locked him up
You cannot act as a policeman. You would dial 911. Now if his wife ran onto your property and hid behind you for protection and he threatened your life and you were in imminent danger and you warn him and he continues you may blast him. That is the way it is to my understanding where I live.
If someone were breaking into your house and stealing a stereo and leaving the premises and you shot him in the house you would be prosecuted.