Joseph James
Senior Member
A few years ago, a couple guys broke into my neighbour's house in the middle of the night. One of the burglars appeared in the bedroom doorway, which woke up my neighbour. He flew out of bed and punched the guy in the face, which messed him up pretty badly so he wasn't going anywhere after that. My neighbour works in construction and he's pretty stocky. The other burglar took off.
Anyhow, the cops showed up, assessed the situation, asked my neighbour how many times he hit the burglar. He said once. The cop said that was good, because if he hit the guy a second time, he would have been charged with assault. We're basically supposed to let intruders have free reign in our house until the police arrive, as long as they aren't being violent.
where I live, you can shoot to kill if they break in while you are in your home. If you pull in your driveway and they are exiting with your valuables then you can’t do anything.
If I knew where one of those miscreants lives I would drop a bag of sand in the oil filler of his atv.