What you've just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. At no point in your rambling, incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul.
Wow, Jack... two posts now, #15 and #29, you've shown us all your better side, while providing absolutely nothing helpful...perhaps it's just the postwhore in you that can't be controlled.
All you have to do is claim they were charging and you THOUGHT you saw a weapon. I witnessed a shooting that I would call bad and when all was said and done at the scene, the shooter loaded, holstered and went home. It went down like this:Personally, I didnt think you could shoot unless it was a forcible felony.
However, whether you can shoot or not may not be the issue. You have distance on them, and they are busy trying to steal the generator. Fire a couple shots into the ground, if they run off, great! You win! If they reach for a weapon, well, now you know. You still have your firearm in play and can likely hit at least one of them before they both have weapons in play.
Also, if they have something that can be construed as a weapon, you might have something going for you. Bolt cutters can do some serious damage.
911 is a joke and I will never use them for anything more than body disposal.I don't want my genny stolen, and part of the reason I didn't panic buy one this weekend was that I didn't know the best way to deal with the issue addressed in this thread. I don't want to have to deal with the coroner in my back yard either.
A point that was raised in a thread about the Shockoe Bottom incident I read on another board can be applied here. There was much consternation dealing with the reality of a brandishing charge if one were to un-holster, but not fire. There is a fraction of a second the BG has to change his mind, which may change your course of action.
I find it excessively difficult to believe that any lowlife is going to put his life on the line to steal a generator. There's got to be a non-gun owner somewhere nearby who has a much nicer generator.
Surely no jackwagon is going to call 911, to claim that a crazy homeowner just aimed a shotgun at him. But then again, people call to report a weed deal gone bad, so who knows?
Should I, in this situation, call 911 pre-emptively, to report having to draw down in order to prevent the theft of my generator?
for further edification, this instructional video doesn't deal with the specific situation, but all of ingo should take it into consideration: YouTube - Your Other Guns
I think there are scores of examples of criminals risking their lives for much lesser items...intelligence isn't a pre-requisite for the job.I find it excessively difficult to believe that any lowlife is going to put his life on the line to steal a generator.
WOW...enjoy your time in the POKEE...their's a reason they call it that, ya knowIf someone steals my lawn tractor, an butt full of buck shot works, but if I was a farmer and my tracter is how I put food on the table, I take my .40 cal S&W and its two to the chest.
If you have time to think "should I" then you probably shouldn't.
It depends where you live. If you live in town it's iffy. If you live out in the sticks and you have snow coming down like it is right now in NWI, who's gonna know.
I believe curtilage needs to be a fenced in area (possibly requiring a privacy fence), that is close to the house, and is used by the owner as an outdoor extension of their house. A patio would be a good example. It's like another room of your house, except it's outside. It's a place were you can sit, cook, eat, or relax, just like you would do inside your house.
Just my . I'm not a lawyer, nor have I stayed at a Holiday Inn.
I would defend it, if I didn't reasonably believe that the police could arrive in time to prevent the theft. Considering the stated conditions.
Here's a link to a definition of curtilage, now I'm really confused...
EDIT: IN has Castle Doctrine statutes and, according to this site, stand-your-ground statutes. I'm not sure if stand-your-ground statutes are a consideration in this scenario.