twindragons
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if i shoot and kill an uninvited guest in my home and the cops arrive, can they LEGALLY look at my gun or search my house?
if i shoot and kill an uninvited guest in my home and the cops arrive, can they LEGALLY look at my gun or search my house?
Your house would be a crime scene.
if i shoot and kill an uninvited guest in my home and the cops arrive, can they LEGALLY look at my gun or search my house?
if i shoot and kill an uninvited guest in my home and the cops arrive, can they LEGALLY look at my gun or search my house?
If you are a healthy male and kill an unarmed burglar, you are at best, in a bad legal situation, depending on the County you reside in.. The questions that will be legitimately asked is why did you not try to flee/hide. What did the burglar do when he saw you, run or advance towards you? If he was trying to leave and you shot him near the front door or outside your house, your will be probably going to jail charged with murder. In California we don't shoot non violent property thieves. What the District Attorney would charge you with in San Francisco varies widely from what a D.A. would (not) do in Orange County.
There are several things you should say. When you call 911 you should clearly tell them, I AM IN FEAR OF my(FAMILIES) LIFE to the 911 operator several times. When the police show up , the first thing out of your mouth is to say the same thing as a answer to any question and then ask for an attorney.
A Case has happened where a victim heard a burglar breaking into his house window, the owner armed himself, loaded the gun and waited a few minutes just around the corner of the room. When the burglar finally got halfway inside a window a few minutes later, the owner walked towards him and shot him dead. The crook was 15 years old, and a much smaller person. The owner went to State prison, because he was healthy and not disabled,had a few minutes to flee, told the police that he had waited (premeditated) for kid to get inside before shooting him in the head. He was proud he (thought he) knew the law, and had waited for the kid to get partially inside his house before killing him without any warning,
The bottom line, guns are to be used for SELF DEFENSE in that short period of time before the police arrive, and you have no other means of not getting gravely hurt. Using them for any other purpose will get you put in jail, where you belong. You are not A LEO, judge and death penalty jury. The rules are a little different if you are a female and a burglar enters your house. If they shoot him, they mostly get a free pass based on self defense, and they are smaller and can normally be overpowered raped, etc. If you are wheel chair bound/disabled and can't move, you will be given a "free pass" because you can't escape. Under other normal circumstances, IF you start yelling loudly that you are going to kill the thief, 99 percent of the burglars are going to beat feet for the exit as fast as they can and do not want to confront a homeowner if given an escape route and won't try to confront you.If they do start towards you and not a exit, that is a legal defense to defend yourself. If you want to attempt a citizen arrest using deadly force, and succeed, you are risking your own freedom and it will probably be financial devastating in legal fees if the crook is injured/killed, even if not charged with a crime.
If you are a healthy male and kill an unarmed burglar, you are at best, in a bad legal situation, depending on the County you reside in.. The questions that will be legitimately asked is why did you not try to flee/hide. What did the burglar do when he saw you, run or advance towards you? If he was trying to leave and you shot him near the front door or outside your house, your will be probably going to jail charged with murder. In California we don't shoot non violent property thieves. What the District Attorney would charge you with in San Francisco varies widely from what a D.A. would (not) do in Orange County.
There are several things you should say. When you call 911 you should clearly tell them, I AM IN FEAR OF my(FAMILIES) LIFE to the 911 operator several times. When the police show up , the first thing out of your mouth is to say the same thing as a answer to any question and then ask for an attorney.
A Case has happened where a victim heard a burglar breaking into his house window, the owner armed himself, loaded the gun and waited a few minutes just around the corner of the room. When the burglar finally got halfway inside a window a few minutes later, the owner walked towards him and shot him dead. The crook was 15 years old, and a much smaller person. The owner went to State prison, because he was healthy and not disabled,had a few minutes to flee, told the police that he had waited (premeditated) for kid to get inside before shooting him in the head. He was proud he (thought he) knew the law, and had waited for the kid to get partially inside his house before killing him without any warning,
The bottom line, guns are to be used for SELF DEFENSE in that short period of time before the police arrive, and you have no other means of not getting gravely hurt. Using them for any other purpose will get you put in jail, where you belong. You are not A LEO, judge and death penalty jury. The rules are a little different if you are a female and a burglar enters your house. If they shoot him, they mostly get a free pass based on self defense, and they are smaller and can normally be overpowered raped, etc. If you are wheel chair bound/disabled and can't move, you will be given a "free pass" because you can't escape. Under other normal circumstances, IF you start yelling loudly that you are going to kill the thief, 99 percent of the burglars are going to beat feet for the exit as fast as they can and do not want to confront a homeowner if given an escape route and won't try to confront you.If they do start towards you and not a exit, that is a legal defense to defend yourself. If you want to attempt a citizen arrest using deadly force, and succeed, you are risking your own freedom and it will probably be financial devastating in legal fees if the crook is injured/killed, even if not charged with a crime.