if so-to what extent?. should we be allowed to kill an intruder-physically harm them-or hold on to them. what would you do if you found an intruder in your home as the law stands now? -personally i'd beat the sh*t out of him.
2006-09-15 00:17:15 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Law Enforcement & Police
although i am aware we can defend our homes using "reasonable force" there have been cases of homowners/tenant being taken to court for injuring intruders-the question is based on complete immunity from the law.
2006-09-15 00:40:03 · update #1
You are already allowed to defend your own home, using reasonable amounts of force.
The cases where homeowners are prosecuted are very few and far between (whatever the Daily Mail may have us believe) and generally involve extreme acts of violence - using firearms or chasing burglars out of the home and attacking them in the street etc.
Most burglars will run if confronted - they're professionals they have their careers to protect. So why get involved with a potential death in your home? Violence should only be used in self protection
2006-09-15 00:26:08 · answer #1 · answered by The Jade Merchant 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, I think you should be entitled to defend your own home. In the US, for the homeowner not be sued or arrested for murder, the intruder has to get into the house. There was a case not long ago where a homeowner's window was busted out from a burglary. The homeowner made a trap with a shotgun so that if anyone tried to come through the busted window (before he could get it fixed) the intruder would trigger the shotgun and get shot. The intruder, who lived next door, came back and tried to get through the window and was shot. The homeowner got arrested for setting the trap, which is a load of crap. I think we should be allowed to kill an intruder anywhere on our property, before he/she gets all the way into the house.
2006-09-15 07:31:13 · answer #2 · answered by RKC 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
well the point is we don't know what sort of an intruder we are actually going to find in the first place do we. yes we should be able to but in reality we might not be able to, everyone is vulnerable to every possibility. intruders should no intrude in the first place to anyway the are not supposed to be, so if they get it from someone then its their fault for been where they are not supposed to be in the first place. it can't be the victims fault can it?
2006-09-15 07:40:39 · answer #3 · answered by pixie007 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you are home with your family and you feel in danger (who wouldn't?) then yes, defend your family by whatever means.
To the person who set the trap with a .22 cal--not a shotgun--which killed a young teenager, do you think the penalty for breaking and entering is death? No one was home. It was in fact his young neighbor, a boy scout, just messing around which he had done before.
2006-09-15 07:49:38 · answer #4 · answered by amish-robot 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know about killing someone, if it was self defence then perhaps, but that's a tricky one. Yes we should be allowed to physically restrain them at the very least
2006-09-15 07:32:28 · answer #5 · answered by sparkleythings_4you 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah give me a .357 and we'll take care of it.
2006-09-15 08:23:18 · answer #6 · answered by marzmargs12 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋