Question regarding looters in Charley's aftermath

[Ripsnort]

Do you think that shooting a looter is using excessive force?

Down the road in the park sat Vietnam veteran Gary Snyder, drinking Miller High Life. Snyder, who was among only a handful in Harborview who rode out the storm, said residents were anxious about looters, but he was prepared.

"If I see 'em, I'll shoot 'em," he said. "They're gone. I'll tell 'em(the authorities) I had a flashback."


http://www.sptimes.com/2004/08/16/Weather/Thieves_plunder_in_Ch.shtml

[Maniac]

Depends on what they are stealing.

[Ripsnort]

Originally posted by Maniac
Depends on what they are stealing.

Your personal property.

[AWMac]

Yep... I'd be out there also Sniping Looters...I worked hard for my stuff, some punk after a Hurricane is gonna come in and clean me out??? No way... instead of killing him I'd wing him, arms, legs and a shot at the groin.....

If you have Balls enuff to come into my home and Community to take what's not your's... I'll have yer Balls in a scope.

Love Always,

MacMAW

[Maniac]

Originally posted by Ripsnort
Your personal property.

Thats a wide spectrum there. Only time i would consider killing someone over stealing my property is if it is worth over 10 000$

And of course if he tryed to kill me in the process of looting then its legit.

[SOB]

Originally posted by Ripsnort
Do you think that shooting a looter is using excessive force?

I guess it depends on what caliber you're using.

[Ripsnort]

Originally posted by Maniac
Thats a wide spectrum there. Only time i would consider killing someone over stealing my property is if it is worth over 10 000$

And of course if he tryed to kill me in the process of looting then its legit.

So, life has a $$ number to it?

[Maniac]

Oh Yes.

[Ripsnort]

Originally posted by SOB
I guess it depends on what caliber you're using.

FWIW, I wouldn't shoot someone for looting.  I may threaten them with force, but I wouldn't use a weapon unless they became a threat to me or my family.

[Ripsnort]

Originally posted by Maniac
Oh Yes.

Interesting.  How would you do it? Lets say you watch them collect roughly $8,500 worth of your stuff...now they pick up the computer and TV, and its gone over $10,000, now you pull the trigger?  Would you have your calculator out there ?

[AWMac]

Originally posted by SOB
I guess it depends on what caliber you're using.

7.62 or a 5.56... doesn't matter.  Bows and CrossBows make all the more fun!




If they were not known in the Community, then they are game... once they start looking into houses that they don't or have never lived in...one shot to let them know they are screwed and the best thing for them to do is haul assss back where they came from... or it they're arse...plain and simple... it's as if they entered your home and raped your family!!!

No Mercy for Looters! 1 Warning the if need be it's they're life.


~Remember to support your local NRA association~

Mac

[SOB]

That's reasonable...I'm thinking a .50 cal would just be gratuitus - and kinda messy.

[AWMac]

Get off the Monetary crap Dipchit... it's Pride and Protection.  If I came to your house and leveled it the only took $8,999,99 worth of yer watermelon would you let me and my friends happily walk away with it?

  If so where do you live now?

heehee

[Maniac]

Originally posted by Ripsnort
Interesting.  How would you do it? Lets say you watch them collect roughly $8,500 worth of your stuff...now they pick up the computer and TV, and its gone over $10,000, now you pull the trigger?  Would you have your calculator out there ?

Nah, djust quick calculation in the head. Lets say you have a box with $10,000 and they get their hands on it.

Of course i would issue a warning, if they dont drop the box, and they start leaving with it then i would fire i warning shot... If it would come to me having to shoot the dude then of course i wouldnt shoot to kill, but if that would be the end result then ok...

All this is hypotetical tough, i dont have a box with $10,000, my home will never be looted, i dont own a gun.

[United]

Shooting a looter I think is a little bit excessive.  I would threaten them, and if they didnt back off I'd probably fight them out.  If they pulled a weapon like a knife or gun and threatened my family, i would shoot without question.

Now theres a fine line between what I would do and whats allowed.  Here in Virginia there are strict laws about issues like this.  One says that to have legitimate reason to shoot a trespasser: your life or someone else's must be in danger.  That means you can shoot the guy if he points a gun at you, but you cant if he steals everything you own without a weapon or physical harm.

Also, if there is someone standing on the other side of your door pointing a gun through it, you can't shoot through the door.  You must first open the door, then you "know" your life is in danger and may shoot.

So, what I would do probably would have more serious consequences than getting some of my valuables stolen.  But I definately wouldn't let someone doing that get away lightly.