What if some guys with guns go into your property and they are headed straight for your house, and you yell at them to leave, and maybe shine a flashlight on them but they still keep coming. What should you do at this point? Can you shoot them? Or do you have to wait till they break your door down before you can shoot? What constitutes right to defend life or property in this case? Do you have to wait for them to be able to get a good shot at you before you fire, cos most people aren't dumb enough to shoot unless they can get a decent shot?
Your property is fenced in and is in a rural but not really in a hunting area.
2007-12-24 18:16:50 · 15 answers · asked by YAadventurer 5 in Sports ➔ Outdoor Recreation ➔ Hunting
If your state has a castle doctrine then you are well within your rights to shoot armed individuals on your property, especially if they are advancing on your house. They are armed, this means you have reasonable cause to be in fear for your life, this is the most important stipulation concerning the castle doctrine. Armed men, tresspassing on your property, advancing on your home, you are well within your rights to shoot them.
2007-12-25 01:51:47 · answer #1 · answered by boker_magnum 6 · 4⤊ 1⤋
Yelling at them or hitting them with a flashlight would be REALLY STUPID!!
In a situation like this here is what you want to do.
1. Identify the targets, make 100% sure that they are carrying weapons
2. Take cover in a area of your home in which you can easily access any point of entry. At this point chamber your weapon and take off the safety.
3. Wait... once they have made entry into your home let them have it.
4. Call 911 tell them that someone is breaking in to your home and you are taking action to protect yourself. Now hang up and wait for the police.
If you do this, you'll be fine
Yelling or shining a light will reveal your location and make YOU a target. You dont want to reveal your position until its go time. You have no responsibility to say "stop or I'll shoot" your responsiblity is to insure that they are a threat and insure that they are in your home.
2007-12-24 18:47:05 · answer #2 · answered by evo741hpr3 6 · 4⤊ 2⤋
State laws vary. I live in Texas, where recently the law was amended to remove the "must retreat" clause. Also, you may use lethal force to protect "people and property" at "night". The night thing probably had something to do with vulnerability, and the lack of immediate help, I suppose. The law is about 100 years old.
Two property owners in Dallas recently killed intruders, one of them for the second time in about a month. The grand jury declined to indict either of them.
Someone breaking in, with lights on, cars in the driveway, obviously people are home, are the reason people have large dogs and guns.
At three am, they probably are not selling girl scout cookies.
2007-12-24 19:14:05 · answer #3 · answered by Colt 4 · 6⤊ 0⤋
You may use deadly force to defend yourself or a third party from the imminent risk of death or serious physical injury.
As long as you can articulate why a reasonable person would feel that risk exists in a given situation, then you may use deadly force.
Playing "what if" games just overly complicates things. Keep it simple, observe the situation, understand the threat, and act accordingly.
2007-12-27 06:46:32 · answer #4 · answered by corey h 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
depends where you live. In Tx a rash of homeowners killing thieves intruders on their property you are protecting your land no retreat. But in NY that man was found guilty when some teens went to his home and the boy tried to wrestle the gun from his hand and was shot and killed.
Try posting your Q in the law/legal section for a better answer though.
2007-12-25 14:47:18 · answer #5 · answered by Devil Doc 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
IT depends on your state laws! In the state of Florida you have the right to defend your property if your feeling threatend with lethal force if nessery. If 2 men with guns show up on your property and dont answer when called to or stop when told, I would constitute that as a threat to myself and my family.
Do what you gotta do. Pick up the pieces later.
2007-12-24 18:24:08 · answer #6 · answered by Reverend57 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
state laws are all about the same. you can only shoot if you are protecting, life or liberty, or in some cases cattle. if they are armed and coming at you you have the same rights to defend yourself as a Police officer. you should tell them to stop. inform them that they will be shot if they come any closer. if they keep coming make sure they arnt Mexican and can speak English! if they raise their gun towards you you can legally shoot. but there will be a trial. I am not sure if it was you that I answered before, I am in police academy. you MUST believe that you or someone else is in life threatening danger.
use common sense. don't do anything stupid. and if this has happened before as it sounds, it doesn't seem like they are trying to hurt you. and that will come to play in any trial. As it says in the penal code... One must be able to articulate actual facts that there was or is a significant threat to life of liberty in order to act.
2007-12-25 13:49:52 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
Yelling or shining a light will reveal your location and make YOU a target. You dont want to reveal your position until its go time. You have no responsibility to say "stop or I'll shoot" your responsiblity is to insure that they are a threat and insure that they are in your home.
2016-02-11 01:30:57 · answer #8 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
J7 this has nothing to do with hunting, and has everything to do with Justice. Take this question that way instead of tarnishing Hunting with your questions about shooting people.
Your questions have no place in the HUNTING section. They are playing on what ifs and those type of questions cannot be answered properly unless in the situation.
PLEASE TAKE YOUR QUESTIONS TO APPROPRIATE AREA!
2007-12-25 08:22:27 · answer #9 · answered by Dan 5 · 2⤊ 2⤋
This should be a question in the legal section unless you are planning to eat them or have them mounted . I think your best bet would be to discuss this with a lawyer .
2007-12-24 18:34:47 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋