"Raybin says a different set of laws apply if someone's breaking into your home. "You don't have to wait until they get inside. You can shoot to kill to protect yourself and your family.
Cool. What a relief that the law allows this."
Apparently not in my home state of New York, where a homeowner is under arrest for having an 'unlicensed' weapon after shooting a burglar who was climbing in a smashed bedroom window!
I love NY [/sarcasm]
only if it's a pistol can you be ticketed for not having a liscense. NOT INCLUDING NEW YORK CITY where I am not familiar with the laws but I believe you need a liscense to even posses a shotgun or rifle!!!
here in beautiful (somewhat more free) Upstate, if you break into a home you are probably going to find yourself staring down the business end of a 12 guage.
Pistol laws here are stupid: you have to have a CCW permit before you can even POSSES a pistol legally, let alone carry concealed. New Hampshire is slightly better, their laws only call for a permit to carry concealed, you do not need a liscense to posses a pistol in your home or place of business.
Vermont has the best laws, with any adult being allowed to posses and carry, open or concealed, any firearm they choose.