What to do if you disarm someone trying to rob you in your house!

[NDallasRuss]

If anyone is stupid enough to come into my home with a gun, they are a threat, period. I will go retrieve one of my many weapons and neutralize you as the dude said above...….to me that means I will most likely kill you. I will deal with the legal aspects of that later. My job would be to protect my family with whatever means are necessary.

So tell us Ostrich......had this been your home, what would you have done?

I think that's Ostrich's point - that it's one thing to neutralize a threat, and it's another to torture the guy after he's been neutralized, while you're waiting for the cops.

To be clear, I'm morally flexible enough to not care what happens to the bad guy, but I see Ostrich's concern that at that point you're no longer defending yourself or standing your ground, you're just effing with the bad guy by continuing to try to blind him.

Still, the bad guy could've prevented the whole thing by choosing not to be a bad guy...

Warning: Language, obviously.

 

[Finance85]

Just because something is legally justified doesn't mean it's right or necessary.

We've gotten to this place where we glorify folks taking advantage of the leeway of the law, which itself maybe flawed. As you know, we've got a long history of flawed and unjust laws.

Could he legally have killed the guy? Probably yes. Should he? No.
Could he legally gouge the guys eyes? Probably yes. Should he? No.

Catch my drift?

Based on your posts on this thread, I'm guessing you've never been in a situation where you've truly had to fear for your life because of a threat from another person.

A wise person will do anything they need to do to make sure a deadly threat is no longer a deadly threat.

If someone enters my house without permission and is armed, I assume they are prepared to kill me. There is no other logical interpretation. If I encounter that person, then I am going to make sure there is no way they can follow through.

"Point a gun at them until police arrive"? Really? Do you know how hard it is to hit a moving target, even at close range?

This isn't about cruel punishment, it's about self preservation.

 

[RangerNole]

Someone breaks into your home with a weapon it is really simple you kill them anyway possible. If that makes me a bad person oh well don't break into my house with a weapon and you will be fine.

 

[MIKE_G]

I am pretty liberal when it comes to most things politically, socially, and economically. But not when it comes to crime and punishment (unless it's victimless crime). You assume risk when you invade someone's home and attempt to take something that doesn't belong to you. "Blinky" wasn't taking a cooling pie off someone's window sill to feed his starving family.