Talk about just shooting him is crazy. He is doing a petty crime and would get probation at most if caught....and the big defender of property shooting him would be doing 25 years to life and justifiably so!. How would you feel if this guy was your son, brother,friend, and had a problem like this and a tough SOB shot him for stealing a Buick hubcap! Wow.
I am in no way condoning his actions!!!!...just trying to put this in the right prospective.
Jim
doesn't matter if its a petty crime or not. its all based upon "reasonable threat". if you have an intruder & you shoot him, your statement to the authorities should be " he was coming at me & said he was going to kill me, i was in fear for my life & knew i had to do something immediately. i now want to speak to my attorney before answering any further questions." this is what you are taught here by police/d.a. etc. while taking your concealed carry permit course. sorry, but if i don't know the intruder, his intentions or what drugs he's spaced out on, i'm going to drop him where he stands. my life means too much to me to take a chance on losing it by trying to reason with the bad guy or hold his hand & sing "kumbaya". the police around here for the most part are "revenue generators", if they can't write a ticket for it, they don't want to deal with the paperwork.
as far as how a father/brother/friend should feel, if they new about the problem & didn't turn him in, they should feel just as guilty as anyone. thats called enabling.
