That would be like saying:
"Law changed to allow Freedom of the Press during emergencies”.
Normally, I would not use deadly force to protect property. Kill someone over a few bucks in my wallet? No. But if you threaten harm against me, my family, or an innocent third party, you had better make peace with your Lord.
However, I would argue that in an emergency situation, loss of property could very well lead to loss of life. Therefore in an emergency situation I would protect property with deadly force. You can easily imagine any number of scenarios where loss of property results in a life threatening situation. eg. loss of a vehicle results in an inability to evacuate in front of a fire/flood/weather. Or loss of tent/camping-gear results in exposure to elements, etc.
I’d just throw the dead body in the chicken coop. After a couple days there’d be nothing left but bones.
“In North Carolina residents are not allowed legally to use deadly force to protect property. Deadly force may be used to protect oneself or others from imminent serious harm. But not so for property.”
In my opinion, that’s the next step that ought to be taken- making it legal to use lethal force to protect property. I spent hours of my life making the means to acquire property. When some POS steals that property, he is negating those hours of my life. Employing lethal force in a situation like that sounds absolutely fair to me. Not to mention it would create a great dearth of thieves, resulting in less thieves incarcerated, less thieves running in circles in the revolving door of the justice system, and would ultimately result in a safer society.
This is great at the state level but how does that work at the county/city or town level? In reading Charlotte’s Code of Ordinances 15-20.e (1) (below) you ARE PROHIBITED from having a firearm outside your home if the mayor deems it necessary. Does that override State Law? I was happy at first as like many of you this is the time that I’d rather be armed (as a ccw holder) if I have to evacuate or get food or for whatever reason I’d need to leave my home.
[B][I][U]Sec. 15-20. - State of emergency; proclamation; curfew authorized; restrictions; contracts authorized.[/U][/I][/B]
(a) A “state of emergency” shall be deemed to exist whenever, during times of great public crisis, disaster, rioting, catastrophe, or similar public emergency, for any reason, municipal public safety authorities are unable to maintain public order or afford adequate protection for lives, safety or property.
(b) If an existing or threatened state of emergency occurs endangering the lives, safety, health and welfare of the people within the city, or threatening damage to or destruction of property, the mayor is hereby authorized and empowered to issue a public proclamation declaring to all persons the existence of such a state of emergency and, in order more effectively to protect the lives and property of the people within the city, to place in effect any or all of the restrictions authorized in this section, including the authority to define and impose a curfew.
© The mayor is hereby authorized and empowered to limit by the proclamation the application of all or any part of such restrictions to any area specifically designated or described within the corporate limits and to specific hours of the day or night, and to exempt the following from all or any part of such restrictions:
(1) Law enforcement officers, firefighters and other public employees;
(2) Doctors, nurses, employees of hospitals and other medical facilities;
(3) On-duty military personnel, whether state or federal;
(4) On-duty employees of public utilities, public transportation companies, and newspaper, magazine, radio broadcasting, and television broadcasting corporations operated for profit; and
(5) Such other classes of persons as may be essential to the preservation of public order and immediately necessary to serve the safety, health, and welfare needs of the people within the city.
(d) The mayor shall proclaim the end of such state of emergency or all or any part of the restrictions imposed as soon as circumstances warrant or when directed to do so by the city council.
(e) During the existence of a proclaimed state of emergency, the mayor may, by proclamation, prohibit or regulate any or all of the following:
[B](1) The possession, off one’s own premises, of explosives, any substance which by itself or in combination with other substances could be used to make an explosive device or weapon of mass destruction, [COLOR=”#FF0000”][B][U]firearms, ammunition,[/U][/B][/COLOR] or dangerous weapons of any kind, and prohibit or regulate the purchase, sale, transfer or other disposition thereof.[/B]
The buying or selling of beer, wine, or intoxicating beverages of any kind, and their possession or consumption off one’s own premises.
(3) Any demonstration, parade, march, vigil or participation therein from taking place on any of the public ways or upon any public property.
(4) The sale of gasoline, kerosene, naphtha, or any other explosive or inflammable fluids or substances or any substance which, by itself or in combination with other substances, could be used to make an explosive device or weapon of mass destruction.
(5) Travel upon any public street, alley, or roadway or upon any other public property, except by those in search of medical assistance, food or other commodity or service necessary to sustain the well-being of themselves or their families or some member thereof.
(6) The participation in or carrying on of any business activity, and the keeping open of places of business, places of entertainment, and any other places of public assembly.
(f) Any proclamation may be extended, altered, or repealed in any particular during the continued or threatened existence of a state of emergency by the issuance of a subsequent proclamation.
(g) During the existence of a proclaimed state of emergency, it shall be unlawful for any person to violate any provision of any restriction imposed by any proclamation authorized by this section. Any person who violates such a provision shall, upon conviction, be punished in accordance with section 2-21
(h) During the existence of a proclaimed state of emergency involving the health and safety of the people or their property, the city manager is authorized to award contracts for construction or repair work and for the purchase of apparatus, supplies, materials or equipment without regard to the amount of such a contract and without complying with G.S. 143-129, provided that the expeditious award of such a contract is reasonably necessary to address the effects of such emergency. In the absence of the city manager, the following officials shall have the same authority as is provided in this section to the city manager: the deputy city manager, any assistant city manager or the chief purchasing official. The city manager shall submit a report to the city council summarizing all contracts awarded pursuant to this section as soon as reasonably possible after the state of emergency has ended.