Can you shoot somebody with a paintballgun if there trespassing on your property in the state of ohio?

Question

say if somebody tried tping me, would i be aloud to shoot them with a normal paintball gun?

Answer 1

Disclaimer: I'm no lawyer!

However, I can read and I'd say yes.

(EDIT: Provided the following situation exists.)

Ohio Revised Codes

2305.40 Owner, lessee, or renter of real property not liable to trespasser
...B)(1) The owner, lessee, or renter of real property or a member of the owner’s, lessee’s, or renter’s family who resides on the property is not liable in damages to a trespasser on the property, to a member of the family of the trespasser, or to any other person in a tort action for injury, death, or loss to person or property of the trespasser that allegedly is caused by the owner, lessee, renter, or family member if, at the time the injury, death, or loss to person or property allegedly is caused, all of the following apply:

(a) The owner, lessee, renter, or family member is inside a building or other structure on the property that is maintained as a permanent or temporary dwelling;

(b) The trespasser has made, is making, or is attempting to make an unlawful entry into the building or other structure described in division (B)(1)(a) of this section;

(c) The owner, lessee, renter, or family member uses reasonably necessary force to repel the trespasser from the building or other structure described in division (B)(1)(a) of this section or to prevent the trespasser from making the unlawful entry into that building or other structure.

(2) For purposes of the immunity created by division (B)(1) of this section, reasonably necessary force to repel a trespasser from a building or other structure that is maintained as a permanent or temporary dwelling or to prevent a trespasser from making an unlawful entry into a building or other structure of that nature may include the taking of or attempting to take the trespasser’s life, or causing or attempting to cause physical harm or serious physical harm to the person of the trespasser, if the owner, lessee, or renter of real property or a member of the owner’s, lessee’s, or renter’s family who resides on the property has a reasonable good faith belief that the owner, lessee, or renter or a member of the owner’s, lessee’s, or renter’s family is in imminent danger of death or serious physical harm to person and that the only means to escape from the imminent danger is to use deadly force or other force that likely will cause physical harm or serious physical harm to the person of the trespasser, even if the owner, lessee, renter, or family member is mistaken as to the existence or imminence of the danger of death or serious physical harm to person....

Answer 2

Only if your paintball was bio-degradable and you did not use compressed carbon dioxide in your paintball gun because that would cause warming of the global and Mr. Inconvenient Truth would be unhappy with you. Also you would need a permit for that weapon and proof of proper training, and the assailant must not be of any ethnicity or have a disability or be female or an illegal alien or a Muslim. Then you can shoot as long as you have counseling and provide a focus group to aid with the traumatized victim.

Answer 3

Don't be stupid. If you find you have a need to even ask such a question, you should not own a gun. If the law was that simple there would be all but no murders, everyone who wanted to kill someone would simply bring them to their house and then after shooting them claim the dude was trespassing and despite warnings would not leave so I was forced to shoot him.

Answer 4

Paintball gun????

Come on now - use some immagination in this thing, there is always much better ways to deal with this -

Like a dog log - launched by a sling shot.

Could you see the judge trying to determine what kind of penalty to impose on you ... I MEAN IF HE COULD IMPOSE A PENALTY ON YOU ...

For shootin' the shipt with the guy who wanted to toilet paper your house?

Besides - it is not like bringing a knife to a gun fight ... the odds are really pretty even -

Is he not bringing toilet paper to a shipt fight??? Now that is truly convienient and fair by any standards of the law - just who can deny that???

Peace;

Aintmyfault
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Answer 5

I sincerely doubt it. They would probably sue you and win...
Probably best to just call the police especially if they trespass at a certain time each day. They can be on the look out for the trespassers...

Answer 6

Call the cops and have him charged with trespassing. Don't get yourself in trouble.

Answer 7

as long as it has the clear, non staining pellets and the trespasser was whealding a dachshund

Answer 8

No. They would have to be a threat to you and within 21 feet.

Answer 9

Just do it and find out. Maybe hide in the bushes and do it, that's always fun. They probably won't turn you i, seeing as they were vandalizing your house.

Answer 10

no you cant read the statute nowhere does it say if they are walking on your lawn you can shoot them that is only in your home. and that is only civil and doesnt talk about criminal