I g u e s s I ' l l h a v e t o t y p e r e a l s l o w.....
Not really, just try to keep up.
Here, the issue as I read it was that the police arrested a guy for shooting an intruder, so far it seems the story was as told, halfway around the world. I don't know exactly what went down, nor do you and I'll bet maybe not even the local P.D.
The conversation seemed to be about whether it was wrong to prosecute the shooter, simply because of the circumstance as reported. It then became about at what point trying to kill somebody was ok.
I simply offered that in a society such as ours we need to be circumspect about these cases because sometimes it's wrong to kill somebody on your property, and sometimes those that do will lie about what happened.
I know from my fairly limited experience people don't usually just bust into stranger's homes bent on pillage, unless of course they're S.W.A.T. (WTG No Knock)
I also figure that somebody looking primarily to steal is going to prefer a vacant house. That's why most burglaries happen during the day.
I don't want to take umbrage with the comment regarding rape, but I think it's a cheap shot. From the very little I understand about those cases, I wonder how they would fit this discussion i.e. most victims know their attacker, roofies, victims attacked with stealth, never saw it coming. etc.
We're not talking about interrupted burglaries, lost Alzheimer's patients or kid's selling cookies. We're talking about somebody breaking in (or threatening to do so) your house with the intent of hurting someone, or otherwise causing mayhem as it can be hard to distinguish.
As far as the assumption that a police investigation can't be tricked, think again.
I just wonder if many if not most of these cases are more of the John Holmes variety (busted into a coke dealers house, shot up the place, stole the coke).
And Rich, here's the question's about the old lady. I know there are probably answers but it's not a good place for a full dialog.
- Was it a break in? Or did the intruder mask the break in so the neighbors couldn't tell? No wrong answer, it just wasn't mentioned.
- Crack head nephew? Door to Door salesman?
- Don't know if an elderly person is best served by being armed at any rate. Would having a gun in the house just allowed her to have an open
casket?
And just for the record since since for some, seemingly, it needs to be spelled out......
Yeah, IF someone busts through my door (or yours) or somehow clearly telegraphs malevolent intent from the other side of it, it's open season.
But I can tell a couple of stories where that was not the case but the claim was made and in one case, believed.
