[techcor]

In Colorado they have the older standard (before "retreat") which was "shoot 'em INSIDE.

I don't know where muawiyah got that idea (or any of his ideas for that matter) but is totally untrue. Many years ago just after Colorado passed the home defense law it has now there was an incident where a Japanese exchange student was out drinking with his buddies. They stopped at a place they thought was where a party was taking place. Well, it wasn't. The homeowner came OUTSIDE and warned them to go away. The Japanese student approached and kept on coming towards the armed homeowner (WHO WAS OUTSIDE) even after being warned not to. Well, you guessed it the homeowner shot and killed the student. No charges. The law is clear in Colorado concerning self-defense.

[Lurker]

If I'm ever involved in an SD shooting I will demand that the Prosecutor take it to a Grand Jury.

Simply because today's Prosecutor says they won't doesn't mean the next political idiot who gets elected to the position won't.

However if a GJ has "no-billed" you, you're home free.

L

[muawiyah]

I believe the exchange student thing was in Louisiana, not Colorado. And as we have now seen in the latest news article here the belief is the guy's arm was INSIDE the broken window, presumably trying to reach the knob.

According to other Freepers and the Prosecutor, any penetration however deep suffices to shoot someone.

That's the OLD STANARD `ya' gotta be inside.

That used to be pretty uniform around the country.

BTW, one of the things that will help to convince any doubters is if the dead guy had been armed. Now when the dead guy is found to not be armed, then suspicions are raised.