Joe Williams
Shooter
- Jun 26, 2008
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No, you have no legal problems. Indiana Law establishes a presumption that anyone attempting to enter an occupied vehicle intends them serious bodily harm and allows deadly force to stop a forcible felony.snip
BUT... in the situation as described, has he actually attempted to enter your vehicle? He's banged your hood, he's made a demand, he's issued a threat. But he's not tried to bust out your window to get into the vehicle, hasn't tried to open the door, and without that, is he actually, legally, attempting to enter the vehicle?
Edit:
Further reading of your cite also exposes further legal liability:
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2) does not have a duty to retreat;
if the person reasonably believes that the force is necessary to
prevent or terminate the other person's unlawful entry of or attack on
the person's dwelling, curtilage, or occupied motor vehicle.
The use of force is NOT necessary to prevent or terminate the attack. You have open to you the option to safely just drive away, and thereby terminate that attack, which would seem to indicate use of force was an option, not a necesity.