Would you shoot and kill someone for tresspassing into your yard and taking a bike ?

Question

I seriuosly would .

crimanals dont have rights. First my bike , what next my son ?

Answer 1

Make sure no one is looking, drag the body into the house and then call 911.

Answer 2

Oklahoma has some of the most, if not THE most, liberal self-defense and defense of property laws in the United States. And shooting someone for trespassing in your yard and taking a bike would be illegal in Oklahoma. Therefore, the people that are answering this question by saying in my state it is legal to shoot the thief are wrong. If not, then please cite that statute in your state that allows a property owner to shoot someone in the circumstance.

In Oklahoma, one can use deadly force when resisting an intruder entering the person's home to commit a felony or to use any force, however slight, against any resident of the home. In the fact circumstance described in this question, the person is not entering the home to take the bike. He is entering the yard. Even if he was entering the house to take the bike, to be a felony in Oklahoma the bike would have to be valued at over $500. Most bikes are not valued over $500. The only other option to use deadly force if the bike was inside the house and valued under $500 would be if the thief was using force against someone in the house in his attempt to steal the bike.

By the way, I have used the term thief because I assume that is what we are talking about. However, the originally question talks about "taking a bike." Therefore, maybe the person is not a thief and taking the bike for another purpose...?

Answer 3

for just a bike? that'd be too much for me... if they were already leaving my front yard with the bike, i wouldn't grab a gun and run out there and shoot them, it'd be too cruel. i'd just call the police. a bike is not that much money either and a life is not the same value as a bike. maybe i'd get the gun and shoot at them, but not kill them, only if the bike was made out of diamonds and was worth thousands of dollars though.

still.. maybe they really needed the bike. people make mistakes in their life, things that they will probably will regret later. maybe they don't really mean to hurt you.. everybody has their reasons etc. etc. and you don't know their life, so why would you kill them over one little thing like a bike? that is so cruel

**dang, already two thumbs down? i guess people really just want to kill people they don't know.. -____-

lettt''ssss seee.. uhh.. how about you have a friend.. and your friend was dared to go run and grab a bike from a neighbor's house.. and he died. shot dead by the owner. just over 1 fking bike worth 70 bucks only. your friend made a mistake and died without having a second chance. isn't that sad?? .___. not getting to ya? would you enjoy shooting people?

ohhh, i see... what the hell. why would the same person who wants a bike want your son too? he can sell both on ebay or something? flee market? if somebody comes after your son then shoot them.. for a bike then it's just no.

Answer 4

No I wouldn't kill someone for stealing a BIKE! A bike for a human life. It isn't worth it. If someone broke into my HOME and tried to harm me at that point I might shoot and kill or shoot and injury seriously. If someone came and stole my car in the midnight hour I'd turn that into my insurance. I wouldn't start shooting someone! Stuff, material things can be replaced but killing someone for it just isn't worth it!

Answer 5

Depends if it was my Harley or my BMX bike? if they go for the Harley theyll get at least 2 slugs in the as s, if its the BMX bike only 1 shot to the as s.

Answer 6

Yes, because I have no idea what other crimes this individual is willing to commit while they are trespassing on my property. They may want to kill me so I don't turn them in. Who knows.... One thing is for sure that I know and that the law in my state says that I can shoot them for trespassing and that I WON"T go to prison. So if someone wants to commit a crime against me on my property, THEY sure need to be ready to deal with the consequences I have in store for them and that the law will back me on. Either the better run REALLY fast or they will end up --- DEAD MEAT!!!

Answer 7

I'd say freeze or I'll shoot, they don't freeze they get shot especially if I have " NO TRESPASSING " signs already posted. America doesnt have a GUN problem, Had some of the students and teachers had guns at Virginia Tech maybe the lives lost would still be with us..

Answer 8

The laws differ by state. In mine, this is permissible. Yes, I'd defend my property with lethal force. Thieves will find no mercy from me.

Edit: Many on here feel a bike isn't worth a human life, yet the thief would disagree. The thief, as the aggressor, has decided his life is worth less to him than my property. Why should I disagree with his summation? I, too, value my property above the lives of those who wish to unlawfully seperate me from what's mine.

Answer 9

i seriously felt like you did last year when the creep down the street stole my kids gifts. i told myself that he must need them more than me and i felt sorry for him because karma was going to bite him in the asss. hopefully tomorrow some of your neighbors will have seen something and can lead you in the right direction. good luck.
patrick g...i disagree. i don't care if you live in TX...you will spend time in prison. you only have a right to shoot and kill someone if your life is in danger.

Answer 10

Did you have a sign posted saying "No Trespassing?"

Does you state allow you to use lethal force to defend property? Many states do not.

Now that you posted this, you have show premeditation in your actions. Just what the DA and plaintiff's lawyer need to really clobber you.

Way to go slick.