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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]When someone kicks your door in and then sticks around long enough to get shot, they aren't playing a "prank." [/quote]

In I think it was Ohio a few years back it was a national story when a high schooler living in an apt in a ritzy town claimed to have gotten lost on his way to school and was trying to get into a home. The elderly homeowner shot in the air as the boy ran off (so-called warning shot), not even at the kid, and the court system still railroaded the man. 5 years in prison or something near that. I think it was later revealed the teen was in the alternative high school. I'm assuming the boy's family also sued the man.[/quote]

Oddly enough, legally speaking, if someone fires a "warning shot", they are more likely to become the victim of the law than the criminal.

The legal reason being that if you didn't feel your life was threatened enough to shoot to kill/stop the perp, that you shouldn't have shot at all, and shooting, even into the ground or air, was illegal and often they will try to tack on assault charges on top of it.

So the moral to the story is.....never bring out a gun until you are ready to use it and need it. [/quote]

Yeah, I’m in Florida and I watched one of those police segments recently where they describe the crimes that have been happening. The sheriff described a home invasion where the homeowner shot and killed the intruder, and the sheriff basically thanked the homeowner for doing what was necessary and actually completing the job. He encouraged people to shoot to kill in those situations and said the law would be on your side. It was interesting.[/quote]

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