if i have a cc permit can i shoot to kill someon who i see breaking into my car?

Question

someone (sp) and florida

Answer 1

If you are in the car when the intruder attempts to break into it (i.e., carjacking) you can assume you are in danger and resort to deadly force.

If you are in the local grocery store and see someone in the parking lot breaking into your empty car, you may not shoot. You are not endangered.

Shooting people, even the bad guys, is not as simple as the TV and the movies make it out to be. You shoot somebody, not matter how righteous the justification, you will be taken into custody, your gun will be seized, your home, if that is were the shooting took place, will be sealed off as a crime scene, you will be interrogated by homicide investigators, and, even if you are cleared of criminal wrongdoing, you will be sued by the dead man's wife, parents, kids, etc., all of whom will claim the dead man was a saint and you are a homicidal gun nut.

I, as a retired police chief, have years of experience and training with carrying a gun and the use of force. Next to my Concealed Carry Permit is the business card of the lawyer I keep on retainer. If I have to shoot someone, I'm calling that lawyer before I answer any questions about anything. That may be a sad commentary on our justice system, but I have long been a believer in CYA (Cover Your A&&)

Answer 2

Sure. That doesn't mean that you won't go to prison though. In Florida we have the castle doctrine in effect. That means you have no duty to retreat from an attacker. I'm not sure that would help you if you were in no immediate danger from the person breaking into your car.

Answer 3

No, you can't. Unless you were in the car when it happened.

I hope you don't actually have a concealed carry permit. Do they not teach you these things before giving you one?

Answer 4

The level of force needs to be equal to the threat.

If the car is outside, you are not personally at risk. Doesn't mean you can't threaten them.

I think you'd get manslaughter.

Answer 5

NO!...No, No, No!

Just because you have a concealed carry permit DOES NOT give you the right to MURDER someone.

YES I SAID MURDER! What if that was your neighbors kid just being a stupid teenager? How would you feel? What car is worth a human life?

You would be put in jail for a very long time.

You can only use deadly force to protect yourself, your family or another person from an equally deadly threat! PERIOD!

Even the police have to follow that rule. They can't shoot someone for stealing, or property damage. Only if the person is acting in a way as to harm other people can a police officer use his or her weapon.

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Answer 6

Nope, just for asking the question and that there are no other surrounding circumstances you should not have a ccw permit.

Answer 7

If you are even asking the question you shouldn't have a gun (or even a knife for that matter).

No one is even allowed to shoot to kill anyway, only shoot to end the threat (and if the target dies then if the threat was serious enough it's considered acceptable but you aren't meant to aim to kill the person, just stop them from being a threat to your life or someone else's life).

Answer 8

Please on behalf of those of us who carry responsibly and do not have delusions of grandeur and vigilante tendencies. Throw away your permit, and sell your gun. Or turn it into a police buy back program. You only give the rest of us who cherish our 2nd ammendment rights, and act as responsible citizens a bad name.

Answer 9

No one deserves to die for trying to steal loose change out of your car.

I am thanking God that I live in Canada where "ccw" permits do not exist.

Answer 10

NO!! you would still go to jail because no ones life was in immediate danger...