if they break into your house? a friend of mine, who is a minister at his church carries a gun for that very reason. i'd just like to get everyone else's opinion.
2007-04-20 10:24:37 · 15 answers · asked by just curious (A.A.A.A.) 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
In Texas it is. There, you can legally shoot someone for stepping into your house.
2007-04-20 10:29:22 · answer #1 · answered by gruz 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
if they are breaking into your house then its a given that they want to hurt you.
distinguishing between"wanting to hurt you" and "just want to take your stuff" is bizzare and foolish.
if someone KNOWS that you might have a Gun that you are capable with, and could KILL them, they would be less likely to break into YOUR house. if they knew you did not have a Gun, they know its relatively safe, at least from that angle.
>>"So, let him kill the next poor drunk neighbor that mistakes the ministers home for his own."<<
umm, locking the front door, heard of it?
2007-04-20 17:33:16 · answer #2 · answered by RW 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No problem if he wishes to defend others. Jesus does say to turn the other cheek and to pray for our enemies. Jesus also told the disciples to buy a sword the second time he sent them out. There is a balance there. I personally do not own a gun anymore. I am not opposed to it, I just don't have a need for one.
Luk 22:36 Then said he unto them, But now, he that hath a purse, let him take [it], and likewise [his] scrip: and he that hath no sword, let him sell his garment, and buy one.
2007-04-20 17:34:14 · answer #3 · answered by Bye Bye 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If they are or perceive to be a threat to your or your family's well-being then of course.
I'm of the opinion that anyone who attemts to deprive me of my property in my own home is in dire need of being on the receiving end of some serious negative reinforcement. Once someone forcefully enters the home of someone else he is playing with a different set of rules than what governs us in the public domain.
2007-04-20 17:32:06 · answer #4 · answered by Peter D 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Its not that simple...
See, you have to be in emminent danger and beleive that you have no other recourse other than killing that person before it can be legally justified (in California, anyways). So, let him kill the next poor drunk neighbor that mistakes the ministers home for his own. and then your minister can spend a few years getting to know what prison feels like.
2007-04-20 17:30:42 · answer #5 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
IMHO, yes. Because if they are breaking into my house (where they have absolutely no right to be), then my presumption is it's to do something harmful to myself and my family, and self-defense is completely justified.
Look up the "Castle Law" in Texas.
http://www.governor.state.tx.us/divisions/press/pressreleases/PressRelease.2007-03-27.0601
2007-04-20 17:36:15 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depending on where you live, if the intruder is not armed and uses there weapon first your friend could look at spending 5 to 50 years in prison.
2007-04-20 17:28:53 · answer #7 · answered by Chiprat 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I personally would shoot to kill someone who was threatening my husband or child. I would not feel good about it afterward, but I could do it.
2007-04-20 17:41:56 · answer #8 · answered by wiffybog 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
In South Carolina, if someone breaks into your house while you're @ home & you shoot/kill them, you will not be prosecuted.
2007-04-20 17:30:39 · answer #9 · answered by wanda3s48 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
This guy carries around a loaded weapon ALL THE TIME on the slight chance someone might break into his house? Do you need more proof religious people are nuts?
2007-04-20 17:31:43 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋