[ExI] home defense

[SR Ballard]

In my town, and also where I lived in Florida, Castle Doctrine was only for shoot-to-kill. If you were not trying to kill them it’s 10 years for discharge or 20 years for injury. Life for murder but 0 for self defense under castle doctrine.

So it’s actually better for you if you kill them. At least here. Might be different in Bluer or Redder places.

SR Ballard

> On Jun 2, 2020, at 12:07 PM, William Flynn Wallace via extropy-chat <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
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> Spike, I do not agree with you about the intention of an intruder to kill someone.  If I had to, I would shoot to disable and if that didn't work I'd empty the gun, no question.  But the ones who are caught here are always trying to rob the place, and they get shot or killed more often than the homeowner does.
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> We had an old black guy trying to come in the front door in broad daylight, and my wife was pushing him away.  Should I have shot him?  He went back on the street and we saw a cop car out there.  Someone else had called 911.  Mentally handicapped.  Harmless.  I would have felt extremely guilty if had shot him, much less killed him.  I have known many harmless, confused mental patients.  I would not have wanted to be one of the people who had killed such a person simply out of my fear.  There are too many of those killed by cops.
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> He comes in with a gun?  Fine.  We go to war.
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> bill w
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>> On Tue, Jun 2, 2020 at 11:02 AM spike jones via extropy-chat <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
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>> > On Behalf Of William Flynn Wallace via extropy-chat
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>> >…It used to be the case (and I cannot remember whether it was federal or state law) that a homeowner had to back up to the farthest part of his house before he could shoot an intruder. That got changed awhile back…
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>> That one is easy: I couldn’t hit the bastard from the farthest back part of my house.  There are walls in the way.
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>> >…Who knows what the federal standard is?
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>> Depends on the round.  For 5.56 ammo, the standard is .223 +/- .0001 diameter, 53 grain mass for the #1410 hollow point.
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>> >. …Or is that a state thing, or what?  bill w
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>> Bill you live in Mississippi.  The law is on your side. 
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>> Always think safety first: drill a hole in the sleazy bastard, then if necessary, drag her corpse to  the back of your house, then call 911 and beg them to rescue you from a dangerous intruder.  When they show up about an hour later, good chance they won’t mention that her earthly remains have already cooled to nearly room temperature.
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>> Safety first BillW: in any nation where the citizens have the right to bear arms, anyone who breaks in to an occupied home intends to slay.
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