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Nice job. Maybe next time, assuming there's enough land around your plot, maybe dig some pre-emptive holes.
You know, just in case.
You know, just in case.
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the sheriff came, sure there's a report to validate that it happened. Would make a good news story. But somehow, methinks local channels here would find a way to spin it against the OP. Yeah - he's a racist. And a gun nut. And a right wing talk radio listener. The poor tall mexican needed to feed his family. Mean mean OP.
why the property line?
I believe you have completely mischaracterized the reasoning behind the 21' rule. The point of the rule is to justify shooting an assailant armed with a contact weapon if HE advances to within 21' of you, the defender. Acting to place yourself within 21' of the attacker sounds suspiciously like you were looking for a reason to shoot him.
Where does this 21' "rule" come from?
Is it a "rule of thumb" guidance type thing?
It does not sound like a legal rule or law....
IIRC the 21' rule comes from a study that was done awhile back that determined that an assailant with a contact weapon could close from 21' faster than the average person could draw and fire. This distance is considered by a lot of people to be the maximum distance that shooting a person that is armed with a contact weapon could be ruled justifiable in court. I don't know of any laws that reference a specific maximum distance though, so I would consider it possibly helpful information, but not law.
Hey hey now. I'm one of those, well half, but still 6' tall half mexicanI gotta admit, the 'six foot tall Mexican' part had me wondering for a second...there can't be too many of those running around :winkkiss:
Smoking Cubans is illegal.........
Just sayin'
IIRC the 21' rule comes from a study that was done awhile back that determined that an assailant with a contact weapon could close from 21' faster than the average person could draw and fire. This distance is considered by a lot of people to be the maximum distance that shooting a person that is armed with a contact weapon could be ruled justifiable in court. I don't know of any laws that reference a specific maximum distance though, so I would consider it possibly helpful information, but not law.
I agree that this deserves some publicity. We should help educate our fellow Americans. Perhaps fewer people would be out to get our guns if they could see them used properly. Perhaps a family considering a gun for home defense would be swayed and then later could defend themselves in a similar manner.
I applaud Dogstar's ability to keep a cool head and not shoot the criminal. If the burgular had been shot, it would give more ammunition to those who would take our guns.