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Originally Posted by gimpy117
so then you have the right to shoot at this unknown noise?
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If that noise you investigate turns out to be somebody who's not supposed to be there:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castle_doctrine
Don't have one.
He sleeps in our room. Odds are, i'll wake up to him barking anyway. He's a great watch dog.
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Look, I get it "oh the police could sneak up in the night blah blah" But you really think you are going to blaze away into the night before you know what you are shooting at?
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What, you think i'm going to shoot at any moving shadow in the dark that i see? LOL. Ever hear of the 4 basic rules of gun saftey?
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Second of all, shooting at someone in this manner is probably illegal,
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Again.... see castle law.
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Besides, Cops aren't going to kick in your door in the middle of the night unless you've done some serious stuff...
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Exactly. I have no reason to expect the cops! If they come to my house by mistake during the day, that's one thing. At night, thats a whole nother critter.
I have no reason to expect a police raid. I don't even have so much as a parking ticket. So if someone comes banging around inside my place at night, odds are, he shouldn't be there. And if he's someone that shouldn't be there, you have no idea of his intents, but you may assume the worst, and if you hesitate, your dead. Better him then me.