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Originally Posted by Austin
Before any of you decide to shoot someone I would suggest you go to the library and read the laws in your state pertaining to deadly force and it's definitions. In some states just because someone breaks into your house does not give you the right to shoot and take their life. In most states deadly force is described as any force which is intended to cause death or serious injury. Serious injury would mean any force which might cause permanent disfiguration or and injury which would leave a person permanently crippled.
So when someone confronts you they must be threatening you with deadly force before you can use deadly force against them. Now some of you won't agree with that. Not my deal it's what the courts say. If you shoot and kill someone unjustly than you will be facing one of several things. One a prison sentence, civil action by family members in the civil courts. If they lose there then they can take to to a civil action in the federal courts. This means years and years of depositions where you have to answer questions about every personal thing in your life from the time your are a child. After about six or seven years of that you will probably regret the fact you didn't stop and think first.
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This is true, in some states you must make a "reasonable effort" to escape in addition to being limited to meeting force with equal force. so if a guy breaks into your house in some places, you have to figure out what he intends, and if he is armed.
then and only then can you make a plan. escape must be first on your list and only after you figure out he wants to do you harm, can you return deadly force.
however, some of us live in Texas...enter at your own risk...