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Stingray45:
Sorry to hear about this, its getting bad out there. Lately we have had cars broken into in the parking lot at Church while we have been sitting at Mass. Yesterday my priest announced for ladies to please hide their purses in their cars or to carry them with them when in line for communion because this past Saturday night a woman left her purse at her seat while in line for communion and her wallet was stolen right there in church. Many people no longer find anything sacred.

JW_Halverson:
Check your local laws, your mileage may vary DRASTICALLY.   Castle Doctrine dates back to medievel England and is one of the basic presumptions of Common Law.  But it no longer carries much weight in our judicial system, regardless of how we may feel.

The guy that pursued the burglar and firing his weapon would have been charged with assault with a deadly weapon in most states and would have been found guilty.  Once the burglar turns tail and is leaving, you are no longer threatened.  At that point you are just trying to kill someone, and that is at best manslaughter.  Bullets in the front is easily argued as self defense.  Bullets in the back is bushwhacking.  We had a guy here in town a few years ago sitting around in his underwear injoying a rousing round with his Xbox when three dudes kicked in his door and proceeded to lay a beat down on him.  He got to his cheap-a$$ Gen-U-Wine Japanese Ninja Sword and prodeeded to go ginsu on their carcasses.  He chased them out of the apartment, but then decided to continue chasing them.  He caught one of them a block away and proceeded to slice off the guy's ear.  He got a couple years in the State Lockup for aggravated assault along with his three assailants. 

Like I said, your mileage may vary...check your local laws cause they don't let you make bows in the pokey.

Eric Krewson:
When my place was broken into, they broke out a window in the back bedroom, stood on my doghouse(my lab probably licked them) and crawled in the bedroom. I had to leave the next weekend and was afraid of a repeat performance so I strapped a 12ga to a chair facing the window(unloaded) and ran a couple lengths of cord from the window sill to what looked like the guns trigger(not really, just another bluff) left a bedside light on and the blind up a couple inches so one could just see in the room if they stood on the doghouse. Never had anyone try to break in again.

Grunt:
All these break in's and stealing are going to get worse as things decline. Every responsible household member should have a carry permit, spend time on a range and have a full knowledge of local laws. Having a throw down weapon wouldn't be a bad idea either.

mullet:
 We just had three kids skipping school and breaking into houses get a rude awakening. The guy and his wife were asleep when they broke the bedroom window. One had a foot inside and the second one was standing outside waiting his turn. The home owner shot the first one in the head and the second one in the chest. The third ran away. The first 17 year old died, the second recovered in the hospital and along with the one that ran away they are charged with second degree murder.

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