Dave Bugg said...

> Andy wrote:
>> Dan Abel said...
>>
>>> In article >,
>>> Abe > wrote:
>>>
>>>>>> Well it wasn't a happy 4th for us!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Our place in Texas was broken into and robbed as well as
>>>>>> ransacked!
>>>>>>
>>>>> My solution? A double tap to the face of every scummy arsehole who
>>>>> wants to invade someone elses home.
>>>>
>>>> Unfortunately, unless you can PROVE that your life was in imminent
>>>> danger, and no, the break-in alone isn't enough to prove that,
>>>> you're looking at a very long time in jail.
>>>>
>>>> Sad but true.
>>>
>>> I guess it's time to ask, what is a "double tap"? Obviously it is
>>> force, but is it lethal or non-lethal?
>>
>>
>> A double-tap is a rapid-fire two rounds from a handgun.
>>
>> As mentioned above, self-defense doesn't include lethal force for
>> defending "things," rather defending the lives of yourself and those
>> around you from imminent death, AS A LAST RESORT!!!
>
> If someone I don't recognize breaks into my house or business when I'm
> present, I'll be in fear of my life. That's all that's required. I don't
> have to 'prove' it, I just have to say it.


NOT GOOD ENOUGH.

How fast can you evaluate a threat??? How do you REACT to a threat?
"STOP!!!"? In your home or your business? I'd say you're "I just have to
say it" would qualify you for prison time.

Suppose it was an Alzheimers person thinking he's breaking into his OWN
home. Would you be right in using lethal force? NOPE. But you'd shoot first
and find out later he was your next door neighbor.

Ya BUM!!!

Andy