This morning about 4am I was awakened by noise next door at my mom's home. I grabbed a pistol and went over. There were two young men 18-20 breaking in. They had smashed the windows on the back door but could not get in, so they were attempting to enter a bedroom window. I approached and shouted for them to stop. They both turned and started towards me. I fired a shot into the ground at the closest mans feet. Both stopped. I told them to put their hands up, and they did. My wife was calling the police. While we waited for the police, the two men began to separate themselves, or put distance between them in order to make it hard for me to watch them. I fired a second round at the closest mans feet. The other man ran into the dark. I backed away because I could not see him. Then the second man ran away. I could have killed them both, easily. Would you have killed them? One was white and one was black. My mother (80) is traumatized. Should I have taken their lives?
2007-03-18 10:38:02 · 7 answers · asked by DATA DROID 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
We have a property owners law in my state. A property owned is protected by law from lawsuits or prosecution for killing intruders. I could not have been prosecuted by state law.
2007-03-18 10:52:06 · update #1
no.. i would have shot them both in the leg so to keep them from running and then let the police handle it.
2007-03-18 10:49:42 · answer #1 · answered by runningballerina 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-19 00:34:38 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What you did was just as bad as what they did. Who do you think you are firing guns at people who go in bedroom windows. For all you know they had lost the key to the front door and needed to use the phone. At that hour how do you know whether the house next door was on fire and they were trying to wake her up. If you had killed someone you would be in jail for a long time. Next time just call the police and watch from a nearby window.You could have yelled for them to stop and they would have probably left. They may have been at the wrong house and thought they were somewhere else. Don't take the law in your own hands. There is never an excuse to fire a gun at someone who is unarmed.
2007-03-18 10:48:00 · answer #3 · answered by Busy Lady 2010 7 · 0⤊ 3⤋
NO you did the right thing. If you have shot tem you would of been in jail. The police would be taking you in. So no you did right. So don't worry. I don't think they'll come back to your mom's house.
2007-03-18 10:51:24 · answer #4 · answered by Briann M 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
no because they'll come back again no doubt and this time they'll be after you for attempting to kill them. If i was you i would have shot them in the limb in order to immobilise them then ring the cops.
2007-03-18 10:52:39 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
If they were coming at you or your family member and you felt that your or your family's life was in danger, then shoot, and shoot to kill. Better to be tried by twelve that carried by six. And I'm one of those liberal, tree-huggin, gun-controlling pacifistic democrats....
2007-03-18 10:49:23 · answer #6 · answered by conx-the-dots 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think you did the right thing because killing somebody might haunt you forever. Do you think that killing the 2 men would have given your mother less trauma? It might have given her more. They might be caught, and if they are, then they will get whatever they deserve.
2007-03-18 10:46:45 · answer #7 · answered by KJK 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋