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I like about 3/4 of it, but the "may use deadly force when NOT being threatened with violence" goes slightly too far to me. If a neighborhood teenager breaks into my house to steal money for drugs, and he is not armed, and immediately cowers and begs to be allowed to leave with his life when I show walk in the room with a gun, it should NOT be legal to shoot him. Detain him until the police arrive, sure. If he decides to try to attack me when I tell him to wait for the police, sure, then he has committed an act of violence, and deadly force should be allowed. But the "you may defend property against non-violent offenders" part goes too far to me.
The shields from liability would be wonderful, though. THOSE are needed.
I disagree. What is wrong with keeping it simple? If everyone knew the law was If you break into someone home, it's "open season", maybe the teenager would not be breaking into homes looking for drug money in the first place.
If you found him in your house, you could always give the poor little drug addict money if you wanted to, the law does not say you have to shoot him. I doubt anyone would shoot a cowering person in cold blood, but if you muddy up the law with feel good exceptions, it's basically worthless. I like it simple, maybe the junkies would get the hint. Don't want to die? Don't break into houses. It's easy!
I disagree. What is wrong with keeping it simple? If everyone knew the law was If you break into someone home, it's "open season", maybe the teenager would not be breaking into homes looking for drug money in the first place.
If you found him in your house, you could always give the poor little drug addict money if you wanted to, the law does not say you have to shoot him. I doubt anyone would shoot a cowering person in cold blood, but if you muddy up the law with feel good exceptions, it's basically worthless. I like it simple, maybe the junkies would get the hint. Don't want to die? Don't break into houses. It's easy!
To me, simple is "if you're in danger, you can use deadly force without fear of prosecution/civil suit." It's the "in danger" part that is important, though. Remove that, and all of a sudden it becomes legal to shoot a door-to-door salesman. (No, I don't actually expect anyone to do that, but it would become legal. "Hey, I told him to leave, and two seconds later he was still there - trespassing, criminal, so I shot him." All of a sudden, deranged people have an "out" to get away with shooting someone merely because they are on their property.)
So, you guys are okay if someone kicks in your front door and steals your television while you are watching it, as long as he does not "attack" you or you are not in danger. Or you find that cowering teenager in your house, you grab your gun and say "freeze" (lol) and tell him to "wait for the police", but he just runs off laughing instead. Might as well just leave your front door wide open all night with a big "free stuff just don't hurt me" sign.