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http://www.click2houston.com/news/w...ighter-trying-to-break-into-her-home/25029960
As of the article, no charges filed.
As of the article, no charges filed.
In NY if you fire through the door... you go to jail... for a long time. They have to actually physically break into your home and be inside to use deadly force and be justified. Only time you can justify deadly force beyond your doorway is if they are committing arson on your house or are committing a rape or robbery outside your home.
And even if you are justified.... jail for the night, grand jury. So you are talking $10-20k in legal expenses. I'm seriously considering a ccw insurance plan. I hope I never have to use a firearm in self defense ever. But if I do I better protect myself legally against the State of NY.
I think it is legal in Texas.
No offense to anyone that hangs their @$$ out on the line for the rest of us everyday, but "firefighter" certainly doesn't belong in that headline. It's just an attempt to sensationalize and amp up the level of tragedy. It's sad enough that someone died at all. All that headline attempts to do is stir the pot...get people pissed off at each other. And, even worse...to possibly push an agenda. All at the expense of the poor lady who I'm sure is regretting ending the life of her neighbor (though might do it again if pressed by an invader? who knows?) and the family of the dead man.Does "firefighter" belong in that headline? You better believe it would have only said " teenage neighbor" if it was a gangbanger. It is legal to fire through the door in self defense? Seems as though that would have been a sticking point. Take care. Tom Worthington