That's one of those where it was in question and SHOULD have been an arrest OBVIOUSLY since there was a trial. The system failed in that one.

You will be questioned for sure and the officer can arrest you on the spot or if, as in the case of Zimmerman, you can be charged and arrested after the fact. That old retired guy who shot the two kids who were trying to rob a store or something in Florida, they arrested and released him the same day. It was clearly justified and caught on video. Had Zimmerman's incident been caught on video, there would have been a different outcome I think.

 

Exactly. Especially following the Zimmerman case I would think that every case the person will be arrested, processed and released just to cover their political bases.

I would expect it.

If I was forced to shoot someone in defense of myself or my family I would probably lay the gun on the ground exactly where I was standing and sit down exactly where it happened.

My old communications teacher is doing like 25 year for shooting someone in "self defense" He was found to be lying in wait. Essentially someone called him and said...yo... they're coming to get you. He picked up his shot gun and sat down. As soon as the dudes head came in the window he took it off.

Murder.

Someone dies or is seriously injured and you're involved... gun, car, fist, fart... not something to be messed with.

 

nuclear warfare. thats some heavy ****...no pun intended. HAHA

 

Im going to stop by lowe's or home depot and look at motion lights, and frys for security camera.

From now on, the gate is completely locked. Inconvienence, but will keep my brother safe as he likes to go in the back yard at random times.
Definitely not safe.

Thats crazy how the law works imo... But that makes sense.
Very true, and I hear you. Yes. dogs and lights/cams is most likely the way to go. Can't you buy a tazer that shoots out the prongs? Because my side gate and the edge of the garage is within 4 feet distance, definitely enough if I could use a tazer that shoots.

And I have no clue. These break ins started this year but didn't get worse until last month. We have been locking everything and double checking since then, but the recent episode has almost proven nothing.

I wouldn't mind questioning, but it's still dumb how if you are infact protecting yourself, you can be taken for murder...
Meh very true.. Luckily I haven't had issues with the car, but the lady down the street has called cops and have waited down my street for me...

Who would higher authority be then? because as it looks right now, it seems like I can't do anything with the local police without a gun stuck to my head.

It's crazy, I know. I ran my electric 1/8 buggy on the street during the afternoon, around 3pm, and within 10min, cops shows up and tells me a lady has made a complaint! Are you serious? I'm barely making any noise being electric, and can't even drive it around? Cops take these more seriously than a break in? I must applaud LAPD...

Yea, a guy down my street got 10 grand worth of stuff stollen, another got a car jacked, and another got lots of money's worth of stuff jacked.. Will do!

Lol. Yes they do. And oddly enough the ONLY person who does complain is the black lady down the street, who lives about 20 houses down. Its odd because every time I work on the car she happens to come by and says some dumb bs like "You can't be working on your car here!" while im in the garage...

 

multiquote of the year!

LOL. im not too sure who next in line for authority would be. but im sure there sure is.

electric?!? man and i thought I had it bad. LOL

 

Interesting.... But that does make sense.

 

saw this on woot.

Secure Your Home

 

Guess that will be a question to find out..

Ya! I thought it was retarded. I wasn't driving down the block at full throttle where it would hit 60mph.. I was going way under speed limit for sure, testing out a new setup... I didn't want to argue with cop so i just went in, but for days I thought about how retarded that was.
I mean I completely understand and would go to trail IF i had to and explain the whole situation, as I just had killed someone. But it seems like there are many wrap arounds where self defense doesn't apply at all, because you did in-fact kill someone.

Because to me, self-defense is one of those things that depends on the person enacting it. A person like me who has never been introduced to guns or even dealt with robberies would feel in more danger, than possibly someone who has lived through it or know what there are doing like a few of the members posting in this thread. In all truth, IF I did have a gun at the time, I would've shot the guy because I was scared and couldn't think.


Nice find!

 

That's the thing about threat, if YOU feel threatened, it can be justified to some extent - as long as you did not overreact. It becomes a fine line at that point and then you have a Zimmerman trial on your hands.

 

Get some signs man...NRA sign, Beware of dog sign, ADT sign and just for ****s and giggles a Tapout sign

Its either that or burn the house down. Cant rob a house if it doesnt exist, amirite?

 

bahaha this guy. lol

id make a custom sign:

Beware of Owner. Throws torque wrenches at intruders.

hahahaha

 

We have one from our late Rotty ( ):

I can make it to the fence in 2.9 seconds. Can YOU?

Not the exact one, but like this:

 

hahah awesome!

 

I'm assuming that justification is up to the jury/judge?

It sounds like guns IMO just don't solve the issue of safety. sounds like they create a whole new page to the story.
LOL

 

Yes and there will obviously also be an investigation. Just like a murder, they can usually tell what happened by the forensics.

Yes they can complicate it for sure, but you and yours will still be around to tell the story, even if it isn't a nice story. They are definitely NOT the answer to every situation either, but sometimes just the fact that a thief knows you have a shotgun is enough to end things quickly and without further incident.