View Poll Results: Would you shoot a crook trying to steal or break in?
Yes
12
70.59%
No
5
29.41%
Voters: 17. You may not vote on this poll
C5 shoot or no shoot?
Le Mans Master
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From: ALL governments are legalized mobsters, so doesn't matter where I live :(
Want to get charged with assault or murder?...wait...never mind. I just saw your from texas
Last edited by STALION; Jan 3, 2011 at 09:10 AM.
Le Mans Master
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From: ALL governments are legalized mobsters, so doesn't matter where I live :(
Safety Car
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From: Shenandoah Valley Virginia
I don't know what the laws in Texas read, but they are probably substantially different from those in effect in Virginia. If you shoot someone trying to protect personal property, you will end up in jail faster than the guy trying to steal your stuff. Lethal force is usable only in very specific circumstances where your life is in danger.
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Burning Brakes
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From: Peters Colony Republic of Texas
I don't know what the laws in Texas read, but they are probably substantially different from those in effect in Virginia. If you shoot someone trying to protect personal property, you will end up in jail faster than the guy trying to steal your stuff. Lethal force is usable only in very specific circumstances where your life is in danger.
Burning Brakes
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From: Peters Colony Republic of Texas
I'll never understand how people who don't own guns think they can be such good marksmen.
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Burning Brakes
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From: Peters Colony Republic of Texas
"Si vis pacem, parra bellum." [Translated: "If you seek peace, prepare for war." That is why its called a 9mm parrabellum.]
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Le Mans Master
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From: Huntington tx
I forget that some states don't have the same laws as others, not intending that to be a slight on some parts of the country.
So if all was equal and everyone had the right to keep whats yours and keep poachers from well...stealing. Would you?
So if all was equal and everyone had the right to keep whats yours and keep poachers from well...stealing. Would you?
Burning Brakes
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From: Murfreesboro TN
Yes, because they are already half way in my house, the garage is always locked. I have a wife and 3 small kids to protect and the garage is inside my "home". If the truck outside were broken into, I would hold them until the cops came, but entering a locked home is different to me. 
Besides, our boxer would wake me up and silently "warn" me when ever someone arrives.
If they got in the garage (next to my bedroom) that is too close for me. 
Besides, our boxer would wake me up and silently "warn" me when ever someone arrives.
If they got in the garage (next to my bedroom) that is too close for me.