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Guy at wrong house get's shot.

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I never heard the Male ordering the guy to leave, or anything else.

Somehow, I don't believe I would would sit in a chair in the living room, while someone is breaking in, without saying a word. Then as soon as they got in, BAM I shoot them ? :uhoh:

I think yelling/commanding the BG to retreat or die, would at LEAST be sufficient.

Your Say ?

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If it's 3AM and I hear someone breaking the glass to get into my house. I'm not going to make them ID, or ID myself.

If they're in enough fear for their lives that someone calls 911, it's justified.
 

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Uh, the audio sounded pretty clear that the lady was freaking out and it should be clear to anyone who was making an honest mistake that this was NOT their house. Hell, if I accidentally went to the wrong house (never has happened, and probably never will....how do you do that?), once I tried to open the door and my key didn't work, I'd probably get it, no? Breaking the glass to get in the house removes any and all possibility that this was an "accident", and makes it quite obvious this guy wanted to get in to steal something or cause harm to the people inside. Good for the guy doing what had to be done to defend himself and his SO.
 

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zigziggityzoo wrote:
If it's 3AM and I hear someone breaking the glass to get into my house. I'm not going to make them ID, or ID myself.

If they're in enough fear for their lives that someone calls 911, it's justified.

I'm not questioning if it's justified.

I'm questioning if pulling the whole, "I'll let them do it then Shoot them" mentality is the proper way.

See ?

That goes against the OC mentality of DETERANT, doesn't it? Why let someone do something first(CC), when you shold be commanding them to STAY AWAY.(OC) Like your Weapon does when You OC. It cleary says, YOU DON'T WANT NONE OF THIS !
 

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Break in my house... you get shot. I'm not gonna hold a conversation.
 

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Sonora Rebel wrote:
Break in my house... you get shot. I'm not gonna hold a conversation.


Wow, Is everyone going to avoid the question?

Yes if you break in my house you will get shot. I understand this philosophy.

BUT

What if you were awake, and the person is TRYING to break in ? Are you going to just wait for them to finish breaking in, and then shoot? OR are you going to Verbally say anything, then once they are in you shoot ?

I'm not sure how much clearer I can make this question ?

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I'm not sure what I would do. However, I rather doubt that I would try to warnsomebody while they were trying to break in. The minute they start trying to break in, they have forfeited their right to leave my premises unhurt. Mind you, I rather enjoy giving people unpleasant surprises when they do something that they shouldn't. To me, I think that the bigger question would bewhether I would wait until they finished breaking in, or shoot through the door or window before that happened.
 

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Dustin wrote:
Sonora Rebel wrote:
Break in my house... you get shot.  I'm not gonna hold a conversation.


Wow, Is everyone going to avoid the question?

Yes if you break in my house you will get shot. I understand this philosophy.

BUT

What if you were awake, and the person is TRYING to break in ? Are you going to just wait for them to finish breaking in, and then shoot? OR are you going to Verbally say anything, then once they are in you shoot ?

I'm not sure how much clearer I can make this question ?

Let me put it this way. Criminals are stupid...until they aren't. Lets just say this guy who broke in WAS a bad guy and happend to have a level head on his shoulders. He busts in the glass and the homeowner says:

Home: Stop, who are you, this is my house?
BG slurs: whaadamean yur huzz? this is me house! (guy falls down)
Home: (takes the guy for a drunk and tries to help him while his girlfriend tells 911 its a drunk whose lost)All right buddy, where are you supposed to be..if you give me your address then mayb--- (BANG BANG BANG)
(Bad guy, faking being drunk and counting on nice peoples naivete rolls over, puts three slugs into the guy, goes over and rapes the girlfriend, strangles her to death, takes a quick look around the house for some cash and jewels and then beats a hasty retreat before the cops show up)

Now, the moral of this story...don't get black out drunk like a jackass and break into the wrong persons house or else you'll get shot and its really your own damn fault.
 

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Dustin wrote:
Sonora Rebel wrote:
Break in my house... you get shot. I'm not gonna hold a conversation.


Wow, Is everyone going to avoid the question?

Yes if you break in my house you will get shot. I understand this philosophy.

BUT

What if you were awake, and the person is TRYING to break in ? Are you going to just wait for them to finish breaking in, and then shoot? OR are you going to Verbally say anything, then once they are in you shoot ?

I'm not sure how much clearer I can make this question ?

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If possible... I will inform 911 op of the situation... and that I have a gun. If the perp continues on this break-in... I will remain within' the dwelling until either the LEO's show up... or the perp gets in. At which point it's showtime.I'm not gonna give away my pos to somebody intent on comin' in. I will assume they are armed. I will assume the worst. Any conversation will be swift and of a mechanical / explosive nature. i.e. I pull the bang switch.
 

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As the story goes, he was out partying and was dropped off at the wrong house by his friends. He actually lived a block over in an almost identical house.
Regardless, drunk idiot trying to break into a house with a woman screaming? See ya later, butthead!!! BLAM!!!
Personal Responsibility. Plain and simple.
 

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Dustin wrote:
Sonora Rebel wrote:
Break in my house... you get shot. I'm not gonna hold a conversation.
Wow, Is everyone going to avoid the question?

Yes if you break in my house you will get shot. I understand this philosophy.

BUT

What if you were awake, and the person is TRYING to break in ? Are you going to just wait for them to finish breaking in, and then shoot? OR are you going to Verbally say anything, then once they are in you shoot ?

I'm not sure how much clearer I can make this question ?

Long story made short.

The homeowner wasn't prosecuted this time; but he could have easily been charged, sent to the grand jury and indicted. Not as a matter of law, but by abusive LE and prosecutor. How many times have we seen the law bent or twisted to prosecute someone? Against forum members.

Once you pull the trigger, you ARE in legal jeopardy. Even if you are aquitted or win the lawsuit from the survivors, its going tocostpotentially tens of thousands of dollars in legal defense fees.

Why notavoid that byalerting the individual that the home is occupied and if needed that the occupant is armed (when it is tactically sound to do these things)? It would also avoid tragedies such as this. This is my plan.

I intend to do everything possible to avoid having to shoot. Its just not worth the legal risk or the chance ofharming a mistaken innocent.
 

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Citizen said:
"Why not avoid that by alerting the individual that the home is occupied and if needed that the occupant is armed (when it is tactically sound to do these things)?  It would also avoid tragedies such as this.  This is my plan."

I totally agree, especially with the tactically sound part. That being the priority of this thought.

However it is impossible to tell what exactly happened from this recording. He may have said stop, get out, yada yada yada but the girl was to far away for the recording to get it or any of a million other possibilities.

I think what we need to take away from this is, know your state laws regarding use of force and that crap where if you can get away you have to and things of that nature. In this case the "make my day" law. Think ahead of some possible scenarios, you can't imagine every one but it will give you a jumping off point when it actually happens. Above all else, defend yourself when necessary.
 

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Read and then make your opinions.

http://www.gazette.com/articles/charges_46953___article.html/killed_house.html

Fatal shooting ruled covered by state ‘Make My Day’ law
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January 27, 2009 - 10:55 AM
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Prosecutors have cleared a Colorado Springs man in the Dec. 28 fatal shooting of a local golf pro who was drunkenly trying to break into the man's home - apparently believing he was locked out of his own apartment.

James Parsons of 3212 Virginia Ave. will not be charged because his actions were protected under Colorado's "Make My Day" law, which holds that "citizens of Colorado have a right to expect absolute safety within their own homes," the 4th Judicial District Attorney's Office said in a statement.

The law applies when intruders illegally enter someone's dwelling with the intent to commit a crime or harm someone.

Twenty-two-year-old Sean Kennedy - drunk and shouting obscenities - had broken out a window in the back door and was reaching inside to unlock it, giving Parsons the "reasonable belief" that he and his girlfriend were in danger, prosecutors said.

Two dogs inside barked persistently and the couple shouted for Kennedy to leave in an ordeal lasting more than four minutes, all of which contributed to Parsons' sense of mounting danger, prosecutors said.

"A reasonable person in those circumstances would have believed that (Kennedy) was going to do a crime against them or property," said newly elected District Attorney Dan May, who oversaw the review of the shooting upon taking office Jan. 13.

May said it is well-established under case law that breaking a window and reaching inside constitutes breaking and entering.

"That's not unique to Colorado," he said.

The shooting - which the police branded a tragic mistake - happened just before 10 p.m.

Kennedy had been drinking at a local golf course and his blood-alcohol level of 0.26 was more than three times the legal limit of 0.08 for driving in Colorado when he pulled up outside Parsons' house in his pickup. Friends and family members believe he thought he had arrived at his own home, which he shared with roommates at 3212 N. Institute St., one block to the west at the same house number.

Parsons and his girlfriend saw Kennedy get out and approach the front door. He began shouting and pounding on the door before going around back.

Parsons' girlfriend, who identified herself only as Betsy, detailed Kennedy's attempts to get inside during a frantic 911 call asking for help. Before the shooting, she cried: "Oh My God, he's coming in the back door," and then, "Are they on their way because - oh my God, he broke in the glass!"

The first shot was fired at 4 minutes, 22 seconds into the 911 call, followed by several more.

"Get the ambulance! I shot him," Parsons shouted in the background. "He broke his arm in the window and he was coming in the house!"

May said that Parsons fired three shots from his .38 Special, although the audio recording of the shooting appears to capture four gunshots. Two bullets went through Kennedy's arm and into his torso, May said.

Investigators determined that Kennedy forced open a screen door and then smashed one of four window panes in the storm door and was reaching to unlock the deadbolt.

May said that evidence matched up with "spontaneous statements" that Parsons and his girlfriend made to a 911 call-taker: Glass was found inside the home, indicating the window was broken from the outside, and there was blood on the screen door.

The bullets passed through the broken window, May said.

"The evidence from the dispatch tape and from investigative interviews indicated that they were both terrified during this incident and were traumatized by these events," May's office said in a written release.

Kennedy worked at Patty Jewett and Kissing Camels golf courses after graduating from Coronado High School in 2004. He did not have a criminal record, and his parents, Grant and Lisa Kennedy, said that police detectives acknowledged that Kennedy believed he was entering his own home.

The call-taker urged Parsons' girlfriend to stay away from the door while officers were on their way. According to police call logs, the first officer was dispatched at 9:51 p.m. and arrived around the time of the shooting, at 9:54 p.m. The second officer arrived one minute later, at 9:55 p.m.

Parsons did not respond to requests for an interview, and Kennedy's parents did not return a phone message as of Tuesday evening.
 

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Evil Ernie quoted:
SNIP Twenty-two-year-old Sean Kennedy - drunk and shouting obscenities - had broken out a window in the back door and was reaching inside to unlock it, giving Parsons the "reasonable belief" that he and his girlfriend were in danger, prosecutors said.

Two dogs inside barked persistently and the couple shouted for Kennedy to leave in an ordeal lasting more than four minutes, all of which contributed to Parsons' sense of mounting danger, prosecutors said.

This would do it as far as concluding there was a real danger.
 

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While you're running all the 'what if' legalities thru your head... you may get killed.

"Ya gonna pull them pistols or whistle Dixie?" 'Snooze ya lose' as the sayin' goes.
 

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Sonora Rebel wrote:
While you're running all the 'what if' legalities thru your head... you may get killed.

"Ya gonna pull them pistols or whistle Dixie?" 'Snooze ya lose' as the sayin' goes.

That's too cocky of an attitude for me to have.

A 22 yr old kid who was drunk got shot to death for breaking inwhat he thought was hisown house. I'm glad the shooter was not charged, but I alsowish the outcome would have been different as I think it could have.That's bad news no matter how you write it.

Citizen wrote:


Why notavoid that byalerting the individual that the home is occupied and if needed that the occupant is armed (when it is tactically sound to do these things)? It would also avoid tragedies such as this. This is my plan.

I intend to do everything possible to avoid having to shoot. Its just not worth the legal risk or the chance ofharming a mistaken innocent.



Exactly my point.

You better believe I would have had my handgun ready, but after looking thru the windowand seeing a youngish, drunk, white kid trying to break in, I might would have tried something else before I decided to KILL HIM. But hey if they were in fear of their life, then so be it. Around my stopming ground, I'm not so sure I would have been this aggressive. The shooter was indeed close enough to stick the gun thru the ONE broken pane of glass in the window and pull the trigger. I'd say he was close enough to also see this kid face to face.

How many DRUNK BURGLARS do you hear of? I bet statisticaly, that most home invasions are done by those who are sober.

But like I said, I'm glad the shooter was not charged, He successfully defended himself and his household. But he did kill someone who was not actually a Criminal, and from the background, didn't sound like he'd ever planned to be a criminal either.

Sad all the way around ....
 

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just putting my 2 cents as I would have tried to inform the Bg that I am armed and to stop after I dialed 911 and positioned my wife and self in a secure place, if he then continued and was approaching our are then I woul defend us.
 

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bradco wrote:
just putting my 2 cents as I would have tried to inform the Bg that I am armed and to stop after I dialed 911 and positioned my wife and self in a secure place, if he then continued and was approaching our are then I woul defend us.

Yep, b/c not all states would allow such a shooting.

In LA, i'm pretty sure that the BG had better be IN YOUR HOUSE, before you shoot.

Not outside breaking windows.
 
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