How secure is your ride?
Post Fiend
Joined: Jun 2002
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From: Atlanta GA
> The criminals have known this for years
A lot of them didn't. People stealing stuff with the car's own sun visor (I posted that one about a Taurus before) aren't likely to know, I would agree anyone bringing their own jumper clips or drills probably knows.
A lot of them didn't. People stealing stuff with the car's own sun visor (I posted that one about a Taurus before) aren't likely to know, I would agree anyone bringing their own jumper clips or drills probably knows.
Tuned
Joined: Apr 2005
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Originally Posted by godblessmud
Call me old fashioned but why change a method thats been proven sucessfull time and time again?
Ignorance of this could cause you a legal headache if you pop some methhead with your buckshot. If he dies, it is manslaughter. If he lives, at the very least he could sue you and be set on easy street on your dime.\
A 1 second decision on your part could cost you everything you own and up to include your freedom. What is "legal" does not have anything to do with what you perceive as morally right in you actions if choose to shoot someone breaking into a static car and is not a direct physical threat to you or a family member.
Hootbro
Update:
I dug around and found that Washington State does seem to have some legal wording about defense of physical property when it involves a "felony" act.
http://so.co.mason.wa.us/index.php?firearms#deadly
Use of Deadly Force <hr noshade="noshade" size="1"> The State code provides that the use of, or attempted use of deadly force upon another person is lawful when used to prevent or attempted to prevent an actual felony against the individual using the force, or against a person in the individual's presence or to prevent an actual felony within the person's home or dwelling. The use of deadly force must be lawful; the individual's actions will be evaluated in light of his or her subjective impressions and all the acts and circumstances known to the individual at the time. The question is whether the shooter's conduct was what a reasonably prudent person would do under the same or similar circumstances as they appeared to the shooter at the time. In some cases, criminal and civil charges may be brought against a person who uses deadly force. If the shooter's action is found to be justified in a criminal case, the defendant's costs will be reimbursed by the state. (RCW 9A.16.050, RCW 9A.16.110)
http://apps.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=9A.16.050
The impression I get from this, is that they still can refere to you being charged and letting a jury trial determine your guilt.
Last edited by Hootbro; Dec 27, 2007 at 07:57 PM.
Post Fiend
Joined: Apr 2004
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From: Lafayette, IN
The way I see it, if you point a scattergun at a thief and they either advance, don't run or don't submit, then they intend to cause you serious bodily harm, at which point deadly force is allowed in many states. Most people will run or submit when faced with the wrong end of a shotgun.
Jason
Jason
