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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve
However...
The average thief doesn't know whether you are going to shoot him or not. Present him with a gun and make sure he knows you intend to use it, and you won't have to watch him cart off your stuff. You'll enjoy the experience of watching him set a new record for being out your door and up the street. If he decides to make a fight of it, then you have your self-defense defense.
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True enough. When the letter of the law was explained to me, I did wonder what theif would have the brass balls to
a.) Not be intimidated by a home owner with a gun,
b.) be knowledgeable enough with the law to disempower the home owner as I described, and
c.) tempt fate with someone who just woke up to discover someone in their home, as that scenario makes for panicked individuals.
By the way, did you catch on KSL the home invaders as of late? In the last two months or so, we've had two home invasions where someone opened the door to total strangers late at night who were asking for help. Last one happened within this last week i think. Four people assaulted some guy in his home and beat the crap out of him before robbing him.